San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman said he was annoyed at Baker Mayfield's alleged pregame handshake snub. After the coin toss when captains shake hands, Sherman claimed that Mayfield refused to shake his hand.
“What’s amazing, and annoying, was him not shaking hands at the beginning,” Sherman told Mike Silver of NFL.com. “That’s some college s—. It’s ridiculous. We’re all trying to get psyched up, but shaking hands with your opponent — that’s NFL etiquette. And when you pull bush league stuff, that’s disrespectful to the game. And believe me, that’s gonna get us fired up.”
Sherman did get the last laugh picking him off during the 4th quarter. The 49ers defense had no issue slowing down Mayfield all night, and it appears that Sherman's extra motivation might have paid off.
“Respect the game,” Sherman said. “You can have rivals, but pay your respect in that moment — especially when you’re young. He hasn’t earned anything in this league. How many games has he won? He’s acting like he was the MVP last year. If [Patrick] Mahomes did that, it would be one thing. But he would never do that, because he has too much respect for the game.”
The story took a weird turn on Tuesday morning when a video tweeted out by Pat McAfee tweeted out a video that appears to show Sherman and Mayfield shaking hands.
WHATTTTTTTT https://t.co/RtP1FhAjQ6
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) October 8, 2019
Mayfield hasn't responded yet on Twitter to the claim that they might have actually shaken hands, but this is a weird story that seems to be getting weirder.
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