There were plenty of eyeballs on Richard Sherman on Sunday as he returned to CenturyLink Field for the first time since his messy departure from the Seahawks last spring.
But as the season has continued to slip away from the 49ers as they toiled to 2-10, the story line of Sherman’s return lost some luster. Sunday’s game typified that, as it lacked the theatrics Sherman was accustomed to during seven eventful seasons with the Seahawks.
It proved the NFL made a good decision to flex the game out of the prime-time slot, instead favoring a possible match-up of two playoff teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Los Angeles Chargers.