Field Gulls · Jul 10, 2017
Who is more valuable: Earl Thomas or Richard Sherman?
In trying to think of something that would be unpopular with Seahawks Twitter, I succeeded:
Richard Sherman has been just as valuable to the success of Seattle's defense as Earl Thomas, and perhaps more valuable
— Ben B (@guga31bb) July 9, 2017 Is this a blasphemous opinion? Let me go through the arguments for each before closing with a poll.
The Case for Earl Thomas
The case for Thomas is obvious after watching how the Seahawks performed without him after suffering a pair of injuries in 2016, the latter of which ended his season. Danny Kelly has done a great job showing both (a) how good Seattle was at defending passes to the deep middle before losing Thomas:
