When the Seahawks hosted the Green Bay Packers in Week 1 of the NFL season, Aaron Rodgers attempted exactly zero passes to receivers covered by Richard Sherman.
So just how frustrated what Sherman by the lack of action?
“On a scale of 1 to 10? 12,” Sherman said.
But after talking with Pete Carroll after that game, Sherman was able to get past that frustration and realize he was contributing despite the lack of action by taking away a large portion of the field.
“He said ‘don’t get frustrated, this isn’t going to be the only time it happens,’” Sherman said of that conversation with Carroll. “’Treat it as a sign of respect. Just stay locked in, continue to do your job, and we appreciate your contributions. Don’t treat it like you’re not adding anything to the team, you’re not contributing.’ Because that’s kind of how you feel after a game like that, you feel like you haven’t contributed anything. Everybody’s like, ‘man, that’s cool, nobody threw to your side.’ But if you’re a player, you want to make plays in the game, you feel you can help your team you want the ball coming your way more.”
For Sherman, who has been targeted less throughout this season, a key element of this season has been making sure he stays disciplined even if the ball isn’t coming his direction.
“You’ve got to resist the urge to gamble and to try to force things to happen, to try to force them over there,” Sherman said. “I think when I was younger I used to do that a little more than I do now. Now I just do my job and let things happen that are going to happen. But yeah, you gotta resist the urge to try to get involved elsewhere, because that’s how you get your team beat in kind of a selfish play.
So what does Sherman expect in this week’s NFC championship game?
“I honestly don’t have a good feeling,” he said. “I guess (they’ll throw at me) as much as needed. I don’t really have a gut feeling about how it’s going to go.”
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