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Jim Harbaugh/Michael Crabtree vs. Richard Sherman - another reason why this story has been overblown

After the San Francisco 49ers' 23-20 Wild-Card victory over the Green Bay Packers three Sundays ago, 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh had a few things to say about his receiver Michael Crabtree. For the game, Crabtree caught eight passes for 125 yards and was a key factor in the Niners' victory.

Following his team's performance, Harbaugh said the following to the press:

"People talked about cold weather and it would be a tough-to-catch ball, but the greatest catcher of all time, Michael Crabtree, catches everything. It's unbelievable. In the northern snowlands down to the tropics and sunny scenes, he's catching the football. Wherever they throw a football, he'll be catching it."

That brings me to Richard Sherman's post-game comments after his Seattle Seahawks defeated Harbaugh's 49ers by the final score of 23-17. Sherman was once coached by Harbaugh at the University of Stanford, said this:

"I'm the best corner in the game. When you try me with a sorry receiver like Crabtree, that's the result you're going to get. Don't you ever talk about me. ... Don't you open your mouth about the best or I'm going to shut it for you real quick."

What Crabtree allegedly said to Sherman is unknown at this time, but that's besides the point. Jim Harbaugh referred to Michael Crabtree as the greatest pass catcher in the history of football and Richard Sherman made the play of the game on Sunday to prevent Crabtree from catching what would likely have been the game-winning touchdown, before calling himself the greatest cornerback in the league and referring to Crabtree as mediocre/sorry. Were Sherman's comments out of lockstep with how the league likes to present itself? Yes. However, let's put things into perspective. These men (Sherman, Harbaugh, Crabtree, and all other NFL players and coaches) are competitors and showmen - many of whom possess egos the size of their houses. Sherman's hyperbolic rhetoric as a possible counter to Harbaugh's hyperbolic rhetoric is about as shocking as a winter streaker going for a jog during the Polar Vortex and saying, "Dam*, it's cold!"  

http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2013/story/_/id/10250258/jim-harbaugh-michael-crabtree-san-francisco-49ers-best-pass-catcher-all

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/01/richard-sherman-erin-andrews-interview/
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