11 quotes that show Richard Sherman is America's greatest trash talker
At the time Sherman was a rookie on a mediocre team that few outside the NFL world knew about, and Tom Brady was Tom Brady.
Since that game Sherman has turned himself into the NFL's best cornerback on the field, and a national treasure off the field. He talks trash to his opponents and rips the league for everything from player safety to brand-related absurdities, and does it with a sense of joy that's lacking in rest of the NFL.
As he prepares to meet Brady for the second time, we compiled the 11 quotes that turned him into America's best trash talker:
1. "I'm intelligent enough and capable enough to understand that you are ignorant, pompous, egotistical cretin. I'm going to crush you on here because I'm tired of hearing about it." - to Skip Bayless
2. "I'm the best corner in the game. When you try me with a sorry receiver like Crabtree, that's the result you gonna get. Don't you ever talk about me." - after winning the NFC title game in 2014
3. "You suck. You so weak. You're a waste of my time." - to Minnesota Vikings receiver Joe Webb during a game.
4. "U MAD BRO?" - a meme he tweeted out moments after chasing down Tom Brady after a game
5. "Get ya picks up." - to Darrelle Revis
6. This exchange with Trent Williams of the Redskins, right before Williams punched him in the face:
Sherman, "What you gon' do boy?"
Williams: "I'm gonna punch you in yo' God damn face."
Sherman: "Go on and do it then, boy."