SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Richard Sherman, dressed in a bright red tailor-made suit for his first meeting with the Bay Area media on Tuesday, made it clear how he feels about the negative assessments of his deal with the San Francisco 49ers and why he valued the chance to negotiate it.
"It was really important to me," Sherman, who served as his own agent, said. "I think that a lot of times in our league there are players that have the ability to do that and have the ability to structure their own deals and really take advantage of just being in control of their own destiny.