Do you recall that interview? the one where, following the 2013 NFC Championship victory, Richard Sherman referred to Michael Crabtree as a “sorry receiver?”
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The post-game interview helped Sherman’s reputation as an elite trash talker and shut-down corner at the time become more widely known.
The former Super Bowl champion cornerback-turned-NFL analyst and Erin Andrews, who had been speaking with Sherman, went over the infamous soundbite once more. Sherman, who also hosts his own podcast, was a recent guest on Andrews’ Calm Down podcast, which she co-hosts with fellow NFL host and reporter Charissa Thompson.
Sherman remembered that it used to be so chaotic back then. “There was once a group of avaricious humans there, including me and s-t. Once I said, ‘No, no, I’m going to see this man.’ I’m about to visit [Crabtree] to attend to his eye.”
Andrews stepped in, saying, “Oh, you did? I didn’t do that!” Sherman went on to talk in detail about Crabtree. Well, I ran over there, gave him a base-slap, and said, “Good game. You already know that the stronger man prevailed.
In addition, Andrews said that she detested the catechism that Sherman had given her. She responded to a common internet discussion regarding the account in which people implied she was anxious, saying, “I didn’t choose anybody to anticipate [Sherman] was alarming me, he wasn’t f-king alarming me.”
The Famous NFC Championship 2013
The NFC Championship Game took place in Atlanta between the top-seeded Atlanta Falcons (14-3) and San Francisco 49ers (12-4-1) of the conference in 2012–13.
With less than 30 seconds left and the Seattle Seahawks leading 23-17, the famous play before it involved a 1st-and-10 attempt by then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick into the back of the end zone intended for Michael Crabtree.
Malcolm Smith, a teammate, intercepted the ball after Sherman swatted it away to end the game. Kaepernick gave the 49ers another historically dominant performance.
