Richard Sherman hits back after being called out for joining Amazon team given his historic player safety comments
RICHARD SHERMAN hit back after being called out for accepting a job on Amazon's broadcast team.
The former NFL defensive back was one of the most vocal critics of Thursday Night Football in his playing days.
But he's now part of the team broadcasting Thursday games on Prime Video.
A tweet on Friday called Sherman out and claimed he is now ignoring player safety.
It came after Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was taken to hospital with head and neck injuries after a scary incident in Cincinnati.
A tweet read: "As an active player, Richard Sherman was one of the most vocal critics of Thursday Night Football, arguing that it was dangerous for players to play with so little time off between games.
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"Now he cashes a paycheck on Thursday Night Football and ignores the issue after Tua's injury."
But Sherman hit back, saying: "Clearly scared to tag me.
"If you watched the show you would know my comments on Tua's injury.
"To act as if me working for a network has any bearing on if the game will be played or not is asinine.
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"We can have a face to face conversation about the issue."
The former NFL star made some harsh comments about Thursday night games when he was still playing.
Sherman was playing for Seattle Seahawks in 2016 when he made the remarks.
He hit out at the NFL for continuing to schedule Thursday night games.
Sherman called them a "poopfest" and concluded "it's terrible".
He added: "We got home like 1 o'clock in the morning, something like that, on Monday, and then you've got to play again.
"Congratulations, NFL, you did it again.
"But they've been doing it all season, so I guess we're the last ones to get the middle finger."
And when asked where TNF ranks in the things he hates about NFL, Sherman said: "It’s pretty high, top five.
“It’s just no regard, it’s hypocritical, as I’ve stated before.
"They make this huge stance about player safety and then they put the players in tremendous danger.”
And then he wrote an essay in The Players Tribune titled 'Why I Hate Thursday Night Football'.
Sherman wrote: “The NFL preaches player safety. The league says it wants to do everything in its power to protect its players.
"But when it comes down to it, it’s not the players that the NFL protects. It’s the Shield.
“We’ve seen blowouts, sloppy play and games that have been almost unwatchable — and it’s not the players’ faults.
“Their bodies just aren’t ready to play. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the Cowboys-Vikings game a couple of weeks ago was the best TNF game we’ve seen this season.
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"You know why? Because they both played on Thanksgiving the week before, so they each had a full week off.
“But as long as the NFL is using that same finger to count Thursday Night Football dollars, I don’t think it really cares."