49ers cornerback Richard Sherman was asked Sunday if the inability to tackle Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray was the result of a worldwide pandemic nixing the NFL’s 2020 preseason.
“Oh, no,” he said after the reigning NFC champs fell in the NFL’s biggest upset of the week. “No, no, no. That didn’t change a thing. Preseason is the most unnecessary thing in the league.”
No, Sherman said, the bigger problem was officials overprotecting Murray, an electric second-year player whose Week 1 performance just made Russell Wilson the second-most confoundingly elusive quarterback in the powerhouse NFC West.
So, Vikings fans, if you think you’re disappointed heading into Week 2, you’re not alone.