As the Seattle Seahawks fan community squawks Wednesday with news of John Schneider’s acknowledgment on Brock & Salk that trade rumors concerning All-Pro cornerback Richard Sherman are true, it’s worth considering how Sherman might respond in the event of a trade.
While Ian Rapaport reported that Sherman’s brother Branton Sherman insists the 6th-year veteran “doesn’t want to leave behind that brotherhood”—meaning the Seahawks Legion of Boom—in the same interview the elder Sherman also noted, “This is a new chip Richard is going to use. He's going to be like, ‘You think you can trade me?