“It’s taken some time, but the San Francisco 49ers’ plans to mimic the Seattle Seahawks “Legion of Boom” defense appears to be coming together.”
That’s a pretty bold first sentence to write out for NFL.com’s Kevin Patra, but apparently Richard Sherman was convincing enough for Patra to say it, or at least for the NFL’s editor to push for that angle. For Sherman, it makes sense and not just because he’s Richard Sherman. Players always overrate the team that they’re on, especially publicly, and in this case Sherman was pushed, of course, by the NFL Network to compare the two teams.