Richard Sherman twisted the knife on Russell Wilson in a subtle way.
Sherman discussed the Broncos’ infamous timeout/field-goal debacle at the end of Monday night’s loss to the Seahawks on his podcast on Colin Cowherd’s Volume network. He contrasted how the blame has largely fallen on new Denver coach Nathaniel Hackett, when many other elite quarterbacks would be considered at fault.
“He still threw for 340 yards. He was moving the ball,” Sherman said of Wilson, “But, fourth-and-5, game on the line, in Seattle, hey they could’ve put it in his hands, but then who do you got to blame?”
Sherman referenced Peyton Manning’s incredulity from the “Manningcast” that no timeout was called.
Richard Sherman had subtle shade for his former teammate Russell Wilson. Getty Images“You could see Peyton Manning saying ‘timeout, timeout.’ You know the difference between Russell Wilson and Peyton Manning?” he said. “Russell does not have the power to call that timeout without the sideline. Peyton Manning can call that timeout without the sideline. He’s the coach on the field. He has that respect.”
Sherman opined that Manning, Drew Brees, Patrick Mahomes and a number of others would have had the “power” to call a timeout as the clock ticked down from over a minute left to 20 seconds.
“Certain quarterbacks, you blame the coach,” Sherman continued. “Certain quarterbacks, you blame the quarterback. And if it was any of those quarterbacks, you’re not talking about the coach. You’re being like, ‘Why didn’t Peyton call timeout right there?'”
Richard Sherman is an analyst for Amazon and hosts a podcast for Colin Cowherd’s Volume network. Getty ImagesThe subplot of the “Legion of Boom” — the former dominant defensive secondary of the Seahawks — having friction with Wilson has been well-documented. The team won a Super Bowl early in their collective careers, in a 43-8 shellacking of Peyton Manning and the Broncos that culminated the 2013-14 season.
Hackett has walked back the decision to settle for a 64-yard field goal instead of trying to pick up more yards in the final minute — though he added several qualifications.
Russell Wilson let the clock slip from over a minute to 20 seconds, as Nathaniel Hackett did not call a timeout. Getty Images“Looking back at it, we definitely should’ve gone for it,” he told reporters on Tuesday about entrusting Brandon McManus with kicking a 64-yard field goal.
“One of those things you look back at it and say of course we should go for it, we missed the field goal. But in that situation we had a plan. We had a plan, we knew the 46 [yard line] was the mark.”
