After his comments against Bo Nix, Ryan Fitzpatrick had to expect some level of pushback. An underwhelming performance from the Denver Broncos star saw the 17-year veteran go scorched Earth on him after the game.
But his comments rubbed Aqib Talib the wrong way. As a result, he called Fitzpatrick's own career into question, making some scathing remarks against him. However, for one Super Bowl champion, the Broncos legend may have gone too far with his criticism.
In a game where Nix totaled 107 passing yards, and the Broncos barely skated by a victory thanks to two interceptions in the fourth quarter and overtime, Fitzpatrick had a problem with his style of play.
Calling his competitiveness into question, he went so far as to say Nix's play was "almost disrespectful to the quarterback position." Talib, who had the best years of his career with the Broncos and won a championship with them, jumped to his franchise's star QB.
But in his pushback against Fitzpatrick, he used a ton of cuss words and expletives to drag his career down. For Richard Sherman, some of those comments went a tad overboard. As a result, he shared his two cents about the entire situation.
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"I thought what Fitz did was hilarious," Sherman confessed , referring to the video the former Buffalo Bills star put out on social media where he pretended to be on a call with Talib as he was calling him out, hilariously quipping throughout the clip.
"I thought what Talib did was unnecessary," he added. "You can talk about Fitz's career and the ups and downs and whether he won games or not, etc. But he's had some stretches where he's played some outstanding football, thrown for 400 (yards) multiple times."
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Sherman, too, believed that Nix had played far worse than the play-calling or the talent and opportunities presented to him should have produced. As a result, he could understand why his play would draw criticism from a former quarterback.
Moreover, he believed Fitzpatrick was a "gunslinger" at the position, as opposed to Nix, whom he called "conservative." That is where the biggest discrepancy between the two was most apparent.
But after throwing for under 200 yards in four of their first six games, Sherman believed Nix had opened himself up to criticism. As a result, he couldn't get on board with Talib's defense and the route he took against Fitzpatrick.
This article originally appeared on Pro Football Network .
