Seahawks’ Frank Clark: Richard Sherman and his era are ‘over’
One player at the forefront of the Seattle Seahawks' reboot had some pointed comments for a fan favorite from the old guard.
On Nov. 28, San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman, who played for the Seahawks from 2011-17, labeled his former team as “kind of middle of the road.” Since then, the Seahawks have won two more games – including one against Sherman’s 49ers team. And after Seattle thumped the Minnesota Vikings 21-7 Monday night for their fourth consecutive victory, and with another matchup against San Francisco looming in Week 15, defensive end Frank Clark responded to Sherman’s earlier remark.
“At the end of the day, ‘middle of the road,’ that’s Richard Sherman being Richard Sherman,” Clark said Monday night, according to the Seattle Times. “He’s not in this locker room anymore, so his opinion really doesn’t matter. You know what I mean? They’ve got problems over there in San Fran that he needs to be worried about. At the end of the day, this is my team now. This is my defense. Richard Sherman and his era is over here.
“If he’s got anything to say about our defense, he can say it on the field. We’re 1-0 against Richard Sherman right now, and we’re 1-0 against the San Francisco 49ers this year. Our plan is to be 2-0. So we’re going into their stadium next week with pure aggression. We’re going to stop that run and we’re going to have fun on third downs.”
The Seahawks are 8-5 and stand as the fifth playoff seed in the NFC. Many predicted a down year following the departure of established defensive veterans, including Sherman, safety Kam Chancellor and defensive end Cliff Avril. Those players helped deliver consecutive Super Bowl appearances, including a championship in the 2013 season.
“For so long, I feel like we’ve had this spirit over us – that Super Bowl lingering from (2013),” Clark said. “I feel like for the longest (time) we had that cloud over us, like people wouldn’t get over it. But I feel like there were some changes here. We were called a team that was going to have a rebuilding season, quote (unquote).
“The one thing we want to do is just continue to go out there every week and prove all the doubters, all the haters, wrong and continue to show them that we’re a team and we’re a force to be reckoned with.”
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