Richard Sherman opens up about defecting to 49ers

Richard Sherman addresses the media before the Seattle Seahawks played in Super Bowl XLIX Media Day on January 27, 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)SANTA CLARA — Richard Sherman spoke Monday for the first time as a Seahawks-turned-49ers loudspeaker.

While a poor connection with background noise garbled the media conference call, Sherman voiced no frustration and instead offered explanatory and pensive answers, from extolling the virtues of Jimmy Garoppolo to meaning no disrespect for a Thanksgiving 2014 turkey-eating scene after beating the host 49ers.

“(NBC producers) kind of pushed it out there and said, ‘Eat the turkey.’ I wasn’t thinking anything else. I was enjoying…