Sherman haunted by blast from recent past
The Packers weren’t able to do much on offense against the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game two weeks ago. Thirteen of their 20 points came in garbage time after they fell behind, 34-7. But one bright spot was receiver Davante Adams, who caught nine passes for 138 yards, including a 65-yard bomb in a one-on-one against cornerback Richard Sherman.
As it turns out, that play may have cost the Niners the Super Bowl. Sammy Watkins torched Sherman for 38 yards with 3:44 left, setting up the touchdown that put the Chiefs up, 2420.
“I just knew it was oneon-one. I thank Davante Adams, man, because I seen him kill (Sherman) on inside release,” Watkins said. He was exactly right — Adams broke Sherman’s ankles off the line of scrimmage the same way Watkins did.
“It is what it is,” Sherman said. “We didn’t execute at the end and they got the win … He made a play.”
The play against Adams was the exact play that caused Darrelle Revis to say Sherman had a “Fear of getting beat in man-toman coverage. Every snap every play.”
It seemed weird at the time that the retired Revis would chirp Sherman for a meaningless play in a blowout. It turned out that it was not meaningless.