We have another incident of tampering in the NFL. Except it wasn’t one team trying to poach the player of another, it was a network trying to do so. Richard Sherman said this week that ESPN gave him a lucrative offer to come to Monday Night Football.
Per Matt Maiocco, the offer came after Sherman tore his Achilles in the 2017 season. As you remember, Sherman’s career was up in doubt; the Seahawks were planning to release him and kick-start the events leading to him putting on the red and gold:
ESPN gauged his interest in retiring to enter the broadcast booth for “Monday Night Football” after he sustained a torn Achilles during the 2017 season.