The Seahawks are now 2 out of 7 when it comes to shutting down top receivers. That's good, I suppose.
Seattle has the #2 pass defense in the entire league. What are you talking about?
Your comment does nothing to disprove his. You understand that, right?
Let's make sure we have "top receivers" defined correctly. For example, the Colts have Reggie Wayne, T.Y. Hilton, and everyone else. The top receiver here is Reggie Wayne. Hilton had 140+ yards but that means zero in the context we're discussing here. So let's walk down this lane, shall we?
Panthers
Top Receiver: Steve Smith
Catches/Yards/TDs: 6/51/1
Discuss: The TD is good but otherwise 51 yards is not good for your #1 receiver.
Verdict: Shut down
49ers
Top Receiver: Going into the game everyone considered it to be Anquan Boldin
Catches/Yards/TDs: 1/7/0
Discuss: Nobody on the 49ers caught for over 40 yards
Verdict: Shut down
Jaguars
Top Receiver: With Blackmon suspended it was Cecil Shorts
Catches/Yards/TDs: 8/143/0
Discuss: He had 24 yards on 3 catches half way through the 3rd quarter when Seattle pulled a large majority of their starters from the game. He ended with good numbers in garbage time against the 2s and 3s.
Verdict: Shut down until the fringe NFL players came in
Texans
Top Receiver: Andre Johnson
Catches/Yards/TDs: 9/110/0
Discuss: Nothing to discuss, this was Andre Johnson being an elite player in the NFL. For the record, as far as I can tell he was 3/50/0 against Sherman.
Verdict: Not shut down.
Colts
Top Receiver: Reggie Wayne
Catches/Yards/TDs: 6/65/0
Discuss: TY Hilton had 5/140/0 but Wayne didn't have a good game.
Verdict: Shut down.
Titans and Cardinals
I'll cut right to the chase and say nobody on either team had over 70 yards receiving and only 1 TD was caught--by Jaron Brown (who I have no idea who that is).
Verdicts: Shut down.
So how exactly are we saying this is 2 of 7?
Look, I don't want to really get into this and I'm certain various folks will refute this by trying to get specific on what Sherman allowed vs. the rest of the team. I'll tell you right now, I'm simply not going to even try to determine this because I don't have the games recorded nor do I want to spend the time continuing to argue this. But you guys are really searching hard on this one.