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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Sherman is annoying because he's not Revis or Peterson or Haden, he's not a true shut down guy. For instance if the Lions played the Seahawks tommorrow, the Lions could scheme to have Megatron avoid Sherman altogether because Sherman only plays the left side of the defense. But if the Lions played the Patriots, Revis would be on Megatron virtually every snap.
Sherman is a very good player, but I don't think he's the best corner in the league. If you can avoid him all together, he can't be considered better than guys who cannot be avoided. Still very nice to have an entire side of the field, but he'll be seeing lots of #3 and #4 receivers this year because teams will be putting their best guys on the other side.
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Just because the Seahawks run a different scheme doesn't mean Sherman's not every bit as good as those other guys. The few times Sherman has shadowed a reciever he has been just as dominant.
Both the Packers and the Broncos ceded the right side of the field to Sherman and it played right in to Seattle's hand. It allows Seattle to flood the left side of the field and force the QB to make a super accurate throw or face the consequences (see Maxwell's pick last night). It also essentially makes the right tackle the blind side tackle as the QB is always looking to throw to the left. This can create huge mismatches for the Seattle Dline to exploit (see Bennett's strip sack last night).