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Doesn't make him a thug. That's the point of the sig. Pro football is entertainment, and he's very entertaining. That pro wrestling villain act he does gets people every time. Look how mad people here are and we have played them once in his entire career.
It's funny because with the skip thing, he turned skips words back on him. All he did was critique skip as a journalist, Skip got just what he was looking for, a sound bite. Sherman put out those better at life T-shirts on his website and made a few bucks.
I cannot stand Peyton Manning but if a Patriot player, white, black, or green, got in his face as he was walking off the Gillette stadium field after a loss and started screaming "YOU MAD BRO!? YOU MAD?"
...I just don't think I'd be okay with that.
Sherman chose a particular path, very intentionally, to make himself a household name and get endorsement deals. He can live with the labels he's created for himself, especially in the short term and immediate after math.
You're probably not completely without a point here. Maybe if Gronk was black and threw a white Sergio Brown outta' the club he would get hit with the thug label, where as it happened he didn't, but you can't possibly pretend that Sherman didn't bring it on himself. He became an obnoxious loud mouth in order to further his brand and get media exposure. Cheap tactics get cheap results. This is the same guy who went out of his way to yell in the television camera that Crabtree was a "Sorry receiver" after winning the NFC Championship game.
Just as many people know who Revis is and I don't recall Revis having to act unprofessional to accomplish that. Revis just played awesome ball and that spoke for itself. Coincidentally, Revis is probably the most respected and feared cornerback in the NFL.
But whatever. I was just curious. You're the only Patriot I know of that has love for Richard Sherman.