{"id":8578,"date":"2014-01-20T21:28:15","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T02:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=8578"},"modified":"2014-01-20T21:29:48","modified_gmt":"2014-01-21T02:29:48","slug":"richard-sherman-apologizes-for-comments-after-nfc-championship-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2014\/01\/20\/richard-sherman-apologizes-for-comments-after-nfc-championship-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Sherman apologizes for comments after NFC Championship game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/01\/richardsherman.jpg\" alt=\"richardsherman\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/01\/richardsherman.jpg 594w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/01\/richardsherman-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/01\/richardsherman-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><br \/>\nSeattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman has apologized for comments he made after the NFC Championship game on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Sherman came unhinged after tipping a pass to teammate Malcolm Smith sealing the Seahawks win, tapping San Francisco wide receiver Michael Crabtree on the backside and then let go with a bizarre post game interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m the best corner[back] in the game,\u201d Sherman said on the field immediately after the game. \u201cWhen you try me with a sorry receiver like Crabtree, that\u2019s the result you going to get.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BoWqAf1aElc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After a day Sherman has apologized.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I apologize for attacking an individual and taking the attention away from the fantastic game by my teammates,&#8221; Sherman told ESPN&#8217;s <a href=\"\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Seahawks CB <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RSherman_25\">@RSherman_25<\/a> tells me just now he regrets putting himself ahead of his team with postgame remarks: &quot;I apologize for attacking ..<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ed Werder (@Edwerderespn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Edwerderespn\/statuses\/425394611482157057\">January 20, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;nofollow&#8221;>Ed Werder<\/a>. &#8220;That was not my intent.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth pointing out that Sherman hasn&#8217;t apologized to Crabtree but simply for his outburst.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman has apologized for comments he made after the NFC Championship game on Sunday. Sherman came unhinged after tipping a pass to teammate Malcolm Smith sealing the Seahawks win, tapping San Francisco wide receiver Michael Crabtree on the backside and then let go with a bizarre post game interview. \u201cI\u2019m the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[426,216,70,158],"coauthors":[4],"class_list":{"0":"post-8578","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-front","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-richard-sherman","11":"tag-seattle-seahawks"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8578"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=8578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}