Richard Sherman fought with police prior to his arrest on Tuesday night, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN.com. Once apprehended, Sherman was transported to a local hospital and cleared medically. After that, he was jailed and held without bail. 
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Sherman, a multiple-time Pro Bowler, has spent the last three years with the 49ers. Prior to that, he made his name as the leader of the Seahawks’ Legion of Boom. He’s currently without an NFL home, due in large part to last year’s Achilles tear which limited him to three games.
Details of this week’s incident remain sparse, but Schefter hears that it was prompted by a 2 a.m. phone call from a relative of his partner, alleging that Sherman was trying to force his way into the home. Cops found Sherman outside the house when they arrived. Fisticuffs followed, according to police.
“We were made aware of an arrest last night of one of our player leaders for an alleged domestic violence incident and have activated our domestic violence crisis protocol for the protection and support of everyone involved,” the NFLPA said in a statement regarding Sherman. “We will continue to monitor events closely as more facts are made available to us.”
In 2019, his last healthy season, Sherman recorded 61 tackles and three interceptions, earning his fifth career Pro Bowl nod.
Sherman is a bright guy. I’m surprised these events occurred.
That is disappointing. I always thought very highly of Sherman.
He’s still my boy
It’s sad the NFL has a domestic violence protocol to activate….
Sorry didn’t mean to comment on yours
I’d have guessed that Richard Sherman was a lot smarter than that!
When he was with Seattle he was known as an intensely fiery hothead that could also play to the crowd. He is about a strong a personality as you will find. And may not take “no” well or be too kind when facing arrest. I’m surprised it hasn’t happened before.
At 2 a.m. in the off-season there may have been some judgement impairing substances like alcohol involved.
I’ve actually seen people act crazier on Starbucks coffee than alcohol.
Meth Mocha?
I always wait for the details. But fighting with cops just doesn’t work out. And he has a lot of young men who look up to him
Those poor young men… some many better options of people to look up to
He’s not as smart as he thinks he is. Just a bit of inflated ego.
sing me the national anthem
hey, you’re not the umpire
wow what a shocker
unfortunately things like this have become common place in the nfl, cte and constant hits to the head can really make a sane person mentally unbalanced
Don’t give people who do bad things a crutch. Could it be CTE? Of course it could but you have no idea (nor do I) whether that was a contributing factor in this case. What we do know is that Sherman is a hothead who seems to always look for a confrontation. That alone makes this situation unsurprising to me.
The work requires a bit of this mentality. Get ready to run full speed, to hit and be hit, by other men, also playing for millions of dollars.
Or are you someone is surprised when a guard dog bites an intruder?
It’s sad the NFL has a “domestic violence protocol” to activate….