Darrelle Revis usually does not speak much. Yesterday, however, he must of been feeling a certain way because he spoke his mind. Revis has been widely considered the best cornerback in the NFL for the past few years. More recently though, Seahawks Cornerback Richard Sherman has been thinking he suddenly is the best. Sherman is no lame on the field, but the best? I am not sure about that. Sounds like Revis does not agree either. Hit the jump to see what he said.
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When Revis went down with a severe knee injury early last season, people was skeptical about him coming back and still playing at a high level. That is when Sherman started running his mouth and even insulting Revis through twitter. Revis was quoted yesterday as saying,
“You can’t crown yourself as anything in this league,” Revis told USA Today Sports. “You’ve got to earn it. He needs to quit attaching his career to my career. A lot of people need to have respect for this game. I’m not just talking about him. Respect what people have done to pave the way. Deion Sanders paved the way. Rod Woodson paved the way. Darrell Green. Mel Blount. Champ Bailey. Charles Woodson. Yeah, we’re the next group, but you don’t need to be getting into it with me. At the end of the day, this is a fraternity. We’re all in this together, competing. But you don’t have to shoot nobody else down.”
Revis is right about not crowning yourself. He became the best corner in the league by literally shutting every top receiver in the NFL down, everyone! Sherman played very well last season, but he hyped himself up more via social media and the media itself. But it has seemed that Sherman was trying to make his name even more popular by trying to attack Revis when he was down. These two will get to talk face to face on November 3rd, when the Bucs play the Seahawks.
