LymonHawk":g72q77i7 said:
Peterson's looking for an extension next year. He just got his name mentioned in the same sentence as Sherman. Business, boys, it just business. The same way the Sherman sells his brand.
Does this not seem familiar as what Sherman did with Revis last year. It's just business.
Mmmmmm... not quite buying this as an end-all explanation. You can always say this and to a certain degree it's true. (I'm sure we're all aware of this and I don't think anyone needs to be reminded "it's a business." That's almost getting too cliche.) I'm sure we all watched the segment. I think it was Michael Silver that said PP was saying it for this reason. Sure. Well, he's going to have to go out and prove it like Sherman actually did. PP is a good player, great athlete, etc. I'm sure he will play well enough to get paid handsomely.
But, seems like PP is setting himself up for failure if he expects to surpass Sherm in comparison for that big contract he's after if it's truly just all about that. The numbers posted in this thread don't lie. This doesn't really sound like what Sherman was saying last year. He never dissed Revis. Revis took offense almost immediately. (Has Sherm fired back on PP? I haven't seen it. Perhaps he will. Whatever. That's entertainment.)
Anyway, Sherm always clarified the context of his claims and that it wasn't a strict comparison to Revis, but the numbers that he put up. Revis was out. I never heard Sherman speak poorly of Revis, only that his game speaks for itself. PP's comments are categorically different. He's actually saying that Sherm is NOT a shut down corner. Your comparison is probably just referring to the $ factor, but that's still poor taste by PP vs. how everyone got their panties all bunched up b/c a player in Seattle dared compare himself to the mostly deserved mystique of Revis.
I think another reason the comparison to the media inflated "Sherm vs. Revis" isn't quite the same... is that Sherman was saying that coming from a fairly under-appreciated place (by the media, not the Seahawks.) Yeah, he was getting some attention, but some people didn't even know who he was (evidenced by the street interviews he did on the topic in New Orleans at last year's SB.) PP is lauded in the media already. Is he really in need of more attention - to the extent of belittling another player - to get a big contract? Nah, not completely buying that.
But, having said all this... of course we all know it's a business and that plays into the reason we hear these sorts of things. I'm not trying to even attack your post, LymonHawk. What you said, in general, is in and of itself true. Still, this (PP's comments about Sherm) deserves to be on that "Come On, Man" segment.
