Ward said in pregame comments on NBC that all-universe corner Richard Sherman is good, but not only is Sherman not the best corner in football, he isn't even the best defensive back on his own team; safety Earl Thomas is.
In a halftime interview with Bleacher Report, Ward pointed to a potential problem for Seattle's defense. In the Seahawks' scheme, Sherman stays on one side of the field, meaning unlike other top corners in football like Darrelle Revis or Patrick Peterson, he doesn't follow the best wide receiver, one-on-one, all over the field.
Ward said based on his film study, the Packers were one of the first teams to exploit how the Seahawks use Sherman, by putting their third receiver, Jarrett Boykin, on the side of the field where Sherman plays. This basically nullified Sherman and kept him from covering Jordy Nelson or Randall Cobb.
Ward made it clear he believes Sherman is a talented player but "he's not the best, because he doesn't do what a Revis or Peterson do, and that's cover the best."
"Sherman is on the cover of Madden, and he spent tonight covering Jarrett Boykin," Ward said. "That's not the matchup you want to see. How can you be best when you're on a nobody? Sherman takes himself out of the game by not covering the best receiver. Sherman is top three, but he's not in the class with the best.
"Sherman is very good, but the Packers showed how to play him. They put Boykin on that side of the field, and Sherman covered him. The best DBs cover the best wide receivers. Sherman covered Boykin. Who is Boykin? You think Darrelle Revis would cover Boykin?
"A lot of players I talk to around the league do not consider Sherman the best. They think he's very good but not the best. I'm not knocking Sherman. I never said he sucked. He's just not the best at what he does."
Ward added: "I don't understand why more teams don't attack Seattle the way Green Bay did. Why doesn't
San Francisco do that? Arizona?"
Good question. My guess is, more teams will study the Green Bay film and duplicate what the Packers did.
"He had his impact on the game," said Carroll of Sherman, though, actually, Sherman didn't.
The Packers did throw to that side of the field. They just didn't throw at Sherman covering Boykin
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