mistaowen":jyvq7vx6 said:
Agree with almost all of this except for Richard Sherman. I thought once he went to press man coverage shadowing Dez he played fantastic. Romo threw his way a lot.
Maybe my standards of Sherman are higher than others. I'm counting the DPI as a "got beat" play. In half a game covering Dez, he was beat 3 times one on one, as opposed to zero PDs or INTs for Sherman. Over a full game, that would be five or six victories in Dez's column. Granted, one of those plays was well defended, but it just seems like this is the latest example of Sherman looking like a guy that is playing catch up with a receiver rather than being in control. With the exception of maybe two games from 2011 to 2013, Sherman always seemed like a guy who was always in control of the matchup.
I don't know if I've seen a game this season where a QB challenged Sherman and paid for it. It has yet to happen. I think it's fair to make excuses for Sherman and say that there is a lot going on beyond his play. But I do think the change in technique in the secondary has hurt our pass defense a ton across the board, and Sherman has been hurt by it as much as anybody, IMO.
I do not think Sherman is bad. I think even right now, he's probably a top 25 corner in this league. But I do think the thing that made him truly great might be something he's not being coached to do right now, and the other aspects of a failing pass D aren't doing him many favors either.