With many fans in an uproar about former Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman signing with the hated rival San Francisco 49ers, Peter King of Sports Illustrated is reporting that the Seahawks declined to match the offer Sherman received from the Niners. In a fairly detailed report on the process through which Sherman joined the 49ers, King recounts several key points about the negotiations and the process which led up to the contract being signed Saturday afternoon.
According to King, after having dinner with 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan on Friday night, Sherman spent Saturday morning being evaluated medically by the 49ers staff, before sitting down with general manager John Lynch and cap specialist and chief negotiator Paraag Marathe in the afternoon.