That explanation sounds like excuses and boastful to me. What is seriously lacking in this generation and the one following is modesty. They have absolutely none. They think it’s ok to act like an asshat as long as you can back it up. It’s what separates athletes like Peyton Manning from guys like Sherman. Professionalism. You get paid to be a professional, act like one.
I’m astonished at how many conservatives are defending this behavior and saying “oh well, he was just fired up”. I’ve been watching this game all my life and I’ve never seen this in a post game interview. Never. Trash talk on the field and off the TV screen is one thing.
Maybe we are all making too big a deal of it but if folks are going to defend someone acting like a complete ahole, then others are going to defend decency and professionalism.