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The Legion of Boom, more commonly known as the Seahawks' defense, delivered another pounding performance on Sunday to beat the 49ers. Behind the unit was outspoken corner Richard Sherman and hard-hitting Kam Chancellor. They delivered the moments that blew up Twitter on Sunday.
Here's why Sherman was ticked. Crabtree was asked this week if Sherman was the best CB in @nfl : “Uh, no, I don’t think so."
— Andrew Siciliano (@AndrewSiciliano) January 20, 2014 Film don't lie... @nflnetwork @espn pull up the tape of that game and show me where this guy is the best? #fake #fake #fake
— Michael Crabtree (@KingCrab15) January 20, 2014 Richard Sherman seems chill...
— Blake Griffin (@blakegriffin32) January 20, 2014 RICHARD SHERMAN IS CUTTING A WRESTLING PROMO
— Layton Shumway (@theshums) January 20, 2014 Give Erin Andrews all the Emmys for: 1. Asking the 100% apt follow-up question. 2. Defying every natural instinct and not bolting in terror.
— Jeb Lund (@Mobute) January 20, 2014 So Russell is a class act! Sherman on the other hand.... If he played baseball would get a high and tight fastball.
— Justin Verlander (@JustinVerlander) January 20, 2014 Richard Sherman's degree from Stanford: Communications. For what it's worth, I think he clearly delivered his message
— Smart Football (@smartfootball) January 20, 2014 My ideal NFL is just Richard Sherman and Steve Smith running routes against each other into perpetuity
— Kevin Lincoln (@KTLincoln) January 20, 2014 Richard Sherman's degree from Stanford: Communications. For what it's worth, I think he clearly delivered his message
— Smart Football (@smartfootball) January 20, 2014 Yooooo @AJFrancis410 check thisss hahahaha pic.twitter.com/eCNgGQDTO1
— Jeff Braun™ (@JEFFBRAUN57) January 20, 2014 Crabtree is going to be having Kam Chancellor night terrors for the next six weeks at least
— Andrew Sharp (@andrewsharp) January 20, 2014 Kam Chancellor BLOTS OUT THE SUN
— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) January 20, 2014 Vernon Davis should get a restraining order on Kam Chancellor.
— SI_DougFarrar (@SI_DougFarrar) January 20, 2014 The referees have become a major influence on the playoffs.
One day an archaeologist with a hat will discover the ruins of our civilization, and the NFL rulebook will be the last thing he understands
— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) January 20, 2014
— Matt Clapp (@sharapovasthigh) January 20, 2014 And now, a word from Rasheed Wallace. pic.twitter.com/od9jeTPLe6
— World of Isaac (@WorldofIsaac) January 20, 2014 @Mengus22 That ball is a fickle mistress.
— Moinllieon (@moinllieon) January 20, 2014 Miscellaneous gems from Seahawks-49ers:
Jim Harbaugh dropping Hemmingway. Causing much Pam Oliver confusion.
— Eric Kay (@ekaycbs) January 20, 2014 Harbaugh apparently butchered an Ernest Hemmingway quote that goes "A man is not made for defeat, a man can be destroyed but not defeated"
— Shaun Fossett (@shaun_fossett) January 20, 2014 For the record, everyone has scored too early.
— Ray Ratto (@RattoCSN) January 20, 2014 This game is now just one big glitch and I'm totally fine with that.
— Spencer Hall (@edsbs) January 20, 2014 Caution: Receiving reports that a Beast has broken loose on @CenturyLink_Fld #gohawks
— Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) January 20, 2014 The only thing that would make that touchdown more awesome is if I got in my time machine to watch it again.
— Skittles (@Skittles) January 20, 2014 Russell Wilson looks like he's in a video game when running around the pocket, controlled by a sugar-crazed 12-yr old.
— Andrew Siciliano (@AndrewSiciliano) January 20, 2014 THE WOLF OF WALMART
— Bobby Big Wheel (@BobbyBigWheel) January 20, 2014 What?
Man vs. beast, round two. The birds are fired up. Who are you cheering for? #SFvsSEA pic.twitter.com/YsySrQWfDa
— AXE (@AXE) January 20, 2014 By the way, the Patriots and Broncos played the AFC Championship Game. Denver is headed to the Super Bowl:
This is 5th time in 8 years the Super Bowl has a Manning at QB. Amazing.
— Jon Solomon (@jonsol) January 19, 2014 Old school, traditional, QB will roust the new-fangled. headphone wearin' scramblers in the Superbowl. Don't buy the hype. #NFLPlayoffs
— Rob Lowe (@RobLowe) January 20, 2014 Seattle-Denver is such a hipster Super Bowl matchup they might as well play it in Brooklyn
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) January 20, 2014 See who won the #NFLplayoffs battle on Twitter: @Patriots or @Broncos? pic.twitter.com/qKDlyAolUs
— Twitter Sports (@TwitterSports) January 20, 2014 Congrats to former ISU DC & Denver Broncos HC John Fox on making his 2nd Super Bowl as a head coach. #Cyclones pic.twitter.com/h0OBbzPyIG
— Cyclone Football (@CycloneFB) January 19, 2014 The Denver Broncos have made 6 of their 7 Super Bowls with a Quarterback drafted by the Colts.
— Jake Query (@jakequery) January 19, 2014 Welcome to Denver. Come for the pot. Stay for the Pot Roast.
— Michael Tanier (@MikeTanier) January 19, 2014 Working on screenplay where Peyton Manning switches bodies with a midwestern frat boy. Working title: Bromaha #GonnaBeRich
— Eric Stangel (@EricStangel) January 19, 2014 @CBSSports Counting Crows' "Omaha" into the commercial break after a Peyton TD. Well played.
— ESPN (@espn) January 19, 2014 Omaha!
— R.L. Stine (@RL_Stine) January 19, 2014 If you are drinking every time someone said "Omaha" today, you are already dead.
— Caitlin Kelly (@atotalmonet) January 19, 2014 Poor Tom Brady. He took a beating on Twitter.
good lord RT @BattingStanceG: Thanks to @RookiesApp ...a TomBrady MLB rookie card http://t.co/zHShVLpGQP pic.twitter.com/IefWBTrMEN
— Lana Berry (@Lana) January 19, 2014 Tom Brady as a reclusive, disenchanted artist is one of my favorites. pic.twitter.com/zmaYJ3CAuX
— Tim Ryan (@TheSportsHernia) January 19, 2014
— Tim Ryan (@TheSportsHernia) January 19, 2014 Tom Brady is going to spend the off-season crying. LOL just kidding this is his house pic.twitter.com/YgaOBblCaN
— samir mezrahi (@samir) January 19, 2014