George Pickens Responds To Richard Sherman

[murksiderock]

Sherman not top 5. He never had the responsibility to cover the #1 WR every week.

This is an arbitrary criteria. It's like saying, "well this QB is Checkdown Charlie, so he ain't Top 5".

It would be one thing if Sherman sucked covering #1's, or if he had the inability to shut down #1's. That ain't the case, though. I can do the work for you, but yall can easily YouTube his work covering #1 guys.

Was he the most dominant on #1s, no, but he had the ability to cover them and did it well more often than not. He was a dominant player in that Cover 3 they ran, and here's the thing too nikkas not saying.

Every scheme and playstyle in the NFL, from offense to defense, is generally built around the personnel. The LOB had the most dominant and talented secondary in NFL history, when you have those kinda weapons, you utilize them accordingly. I don't need to run straight up man if I got fukking Thomas and Bam Bam Kam as my safeties. It's a strategic deployment of the weapons you have, that's football, that's SCHEME.

Judging by the results the LOB put on the board, they were deployed correctly, including Sherman, who again when asked to cover the 1, generally held up, and when asked to just hold his side of the field regardless of WR, was dominant.

This hate on Sherman the player is weird, would I call him a generational corner, no, that would be Woodson, Champ, Revis. But he was fukking elite, and an All-Timer at his position, in his era.

 

[yseJ]

more posters on here decided to shyt on Sherms career - even tho he will be in Hall of Fame - than to actually address what he said

Steve Smith said much worse to Jeudy and no one was on his ass like some of these dudes are on Sherms

 

[King Poetic]

When did pickens become Chief Keef

 

[CHICAGO]

more posters on here decided to shyt on Sherms career - even tho he will be in Hall of Fame - than to actually address what he said

Steve Smith said much worse to Jeudy and no one was on his ass like some of these dudes are on Sherms

THE COLI IS A WEIRDO PLACE.

HAD SHERM BEEN TALKING
ABOUT RUSS, THESE SAME nikkaS
WOULD BE RIDING WITH HIM


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[Harry B]

This is an arbitrary criteria. It's like saying, "well this QB is Checkdown Charlie, so he ain't Top 5".

It would be one thing if Sherman sucked covering #1's, or if he had the inability to shut down #1's. That ain't the case, though. I can do the work for you, but yall can easily YouTube his work covering #1 guys.

Was he the most dominant on #1s, no, but he had the ability to cover them and did it well more often than not. He was a dominant player in that Cover 3 they ran, and here's the thing too nikkas not saying.

Every scheme and playstyle in the NFL, from offense to defense, is generally built around the personnel. The LOB had the most dominant and talented secondary in NFL history, when you have those kinda weapons, you utilize them accordingly. I don't need to run straight up man if I got fukking Thomas and Bam Bam Kam as my safeties. It's a strategic deployment of the weapons you have, that's football, that's SCHEME.

Judging by the results the LOB put on the board, they were deployed correctly, including Sherman, who again when asked to cover the 1, generally held up, and when asked to just hold his side of the field regardless of WR, was dominant.

This hate on Sherman the player is weird, would I call him a generational corner, no, that would be Woodson, Champ, Revis. But he was fukking elite, and an All-Timer at his position, in his era.

A lot of people forget that the best cbs don’t have the best stats cause they are not targeted that much when their name is established

 

[murksiderock]

"He didn't follow the #1"

You've got Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor at the back of your defense, you can run any fukking coverage you want if those are your two safeties. Literally anything is bound to work

It's gonna work to a historic degree if you have an elite cornerback (Sherman) able to dominate within your coverages, and then if you have a deep bench of corners and safeties who can step in at any moment and produce.

Somebody said Wagner and Thomas made that defense work, no it's having arguably the greatest peak safety duo of All-Time that was the linchpin of LOB. Add an elite corner (Sherman), an elite linebacker (Wagner), and elite pass rusher (Bennett), and surround all these fukking elite players with high level guys who can produce at all three levels of defense, and you get the greatest defense of all time.

The narrative that Sherman wasn't elite is revisionist---->but you can run any coverage you want if 29 and 31 are your safeties and you have at minimum capable guys. Sherm is going to Canton so he was well beyond "capable".

He had great moments on #1's but he didn't do it constantly so nikkas in here shytting on him

 

[broller]

"He didn't follow the #1"

You've got Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor at the back of your defense, you can run any fukking coverage you want if those are your two safeties. Literally anything is bound to work

It's gonna work to a historic degree if you have an elite cornerback (Sherman) able to dominate within your coverages, and then if you have a deep bench of corners and safeties who can step in at any moment and produce.

Somebody said Wagner and Thomas made that defense work, no it's having arguably the greatest peak safety duo of All-Time that was the linchpin of LOB. Add an elite corner (Sherman), an elite linebacker (Wagner), and elite pass rusher (Bennett), and surround all these fukking elite players with high level guys who can produce at all three levels of defense, and you get the greatest defense of all time.

The narrative that Sherman wasn't elite is revisionist---->but you can run any coverage you want if 29 and 31 are your safeties and you have at minimum capable guys. Sherm is going to Canton so he was well beyond "capable".

He had great moments on #1's but he didn't do it constantly so nikkas in here shytting on him

I'm glad someone gave Bennett his due.

 

[Stop_It_5]

I'm glad someone gave Bennett his due.

Not just Bennett either, him and Cliff Avril coming off the edge is what allowed them to never blitz. All the pieces had to come together to do what they did.

 

[broller]

Not just Bennett either, him and Cliff Avril coming off the edge is what allowed them to never blitz. All the pieces had to come together to do what they did.

Yeah. They had players at all three levels. In 2013, they were very deep on the defensive line. Cliff Avril, Chris Clemons, Michael Bennett, Brandon Mebane, Red Bryant, Clint McDonald, Tony McDaniel etc

 

[South Paw]

It's a statistical fact that he didn't follow the opposing teams #1 WR nearly as much as other elite CB's. That is not an opinion.....

That doesn’t make him bad. There are many other CBS regarded as the best of their era that didn’t follow. He also shut down the side of his field yard was so elite that earl was able to shade to the opposite side. Stats on him back up what he was able to do. Check the tape

 

[Monoblock]

Pickens sounds like he already has CTE.

 

[JarrodG]

"He didn't follow the #1"

You've got Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor at the back of your defense, you can run any fukking coverage you want if those are your two safeties. Literally anything is bound to work

It's gonna work to a historic degree if you have an elite cornerback (Sherman) able to dominate within your coverages, and then if you have a deep bench of corners and safeties who can step in at any moment and produce.

Somebody said Wagner and Thomas made that defense work, no it's having arguably the greatest peak safety duo of All-Time that was the linchpin of LOB. Add an elite corner (Sherman), an elite linebacker (Wagner), and elite pass rusher (Bennett), and surround all these fukking elite players with high level guys who can produce at all three levels of defense, and you get the greatest defense of all time.

The narrative that Sherman wasn't elite is revisionist---->but you can run any coverage you want if 29 and 31 are your safeties and you have at minimum capable guys. Sherm is going to Canton so he was well beyond "capable".

He had great moments on #1's but he didn't do it constantly so nikkas in here shytting on him

Sherman was elite. Just not top 5 elite. Revis, Bailey, Peterson, Gill, and Woodson are just better players to me. Sherman was bbq chicken during SF 2019/2020 playoff run

 

[South Paw]

Sherman was elite. Just not top 5 elite. Revis, Bailey, Peterson, Gill, and Woodson are just better players to me. Sherman was bbq chicken during SF 2019/2020 playoff run

He had lost a step by the time he hit sf but was still really good. He didn’t have the physical tools some other CBS had but made up for it in other areas

There’s some great clips of him breaking down different wrs and how he defended some of them

 

[yseJ]

Sherman was elite. Just not top 5 elite. Revis, Bailey, Peterson, Gill, and Woodson are just better players to me. Sherman was bbq chicken during SF 2019/2020 playoff run

Peterson ? hell nah. Peterson got owned by Crabtree every game

Also Sherm played well in those playoffs, sadly with one of his few missteps was that TD to Sammy Watkins deep ball in the SB

 

[South Paw]

Peterson ? hell nah. Peterson got owned by Crabtree every game

Also Sherm played well in those playoffs, sadly with one of his few missteps was that TD to Sammy Watkins deep ball in the SB

Peterson gets highly over rated imo