Richard Sherman explains his relationship with Buccaneers’ Tom Brady, who recruited him to Tampa Bay

Richard Sherman is now not a free agent. The veteran cornerback introduced Wednesday that he would signal with the Buccaneers to assist the crew in its quest for a second consecutive Tremendous Bowl title. 

And Tom Brady’s presence in Tampa Bay performed no small half in Sherman’s determination to affix the crew.

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Brady recruited Sherman to affix the Buccaneers, as Sherman defined on PFF’s “Richard Sherman Podcast.”

“We each thought it might be actually cool if we had the chance to play collectively sooner or later in time. Clearly, with our conditions, it did not appear seemingly,” Sherman mentioned of taking part in with Brady. “However he reached out and mentioned [the Bucs] might specific curiosity and clearly, he desires to play with me. Then their entrance workplace reached out. The dialog began a number of weeks in the past once they misplaced their starter [Sean] Murphy-Bunting, after which it type of steamrolled.”

Sherman famous that there was “a little haggling forwards and backwards” as he negotiated phrases with the Buccaneers. He additionally heard pitches from different NFC groups together with the 49ers, Seahawks and Panthers whereas attempting to find out the place to play subsequent.

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However finally, Sherman’s relationship with Brady coupled with the Bucs’ roster building and Todd Bowles’ defensive scheme made going to Tampa Bay the suitable selection.

And Sherman needed to make it clear that he has a very good relationship with Brady.

“He is an incredible man, , very encouraging,” Sherman mentioned of Brady.

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After all, followers will keep in mind Sherman’s beef with Brady from early of their careers. Sherman claimed that Brady was trash-talking him throughout a 2012 Patriots-Seahawks recreation and later intercepted Brady to assist seal a one-point Seahawks win. Sherman later tweeted an image of him assembly Brady after the sport with the caption, “U mad bro?”

However Sherman downplayed that incident whereas making his announcement to affix the Bucs.

“We had our historical past, however what occurs on the sector stays on the sector,” Sherman mentioned. “And off the sector, I believe we have now a really stable relationship.”