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SANTA CLARA http://www.billsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-dawson-knox-jersey , Calif. (AP) — cornerback when they signed Richard Sherman in March.It turns out they also got a coach and an ambassador.This season hardly has gone according to plan for the 49ers, but the way Sherman has meshed with his new team and become a steadying veteran influence has to be considered a success.Young defensive players have leaned on him for advice. Even players on offense pick his brain. And if San Francisco’s front office enlists his assistance when it comes to luring free agents this offseason, Sherman says he’s ready to hit the recruiting trail.The three-time All-Pro never has experienced this much losing — he won a Super Bowl with Seattle and enjoyed six winning seasons in his seven with the Seahawks.But Sherman, who signed a three-year contract with San Francisco that can pay him as much as $39 million, believes the 49ers (4-11) are headed in the right direction.“I knew what I was coming into,” he said Thursday. “A bunch of young guys, you try to relate to them, try to bring them together. Get them to play good ball. … You can do your best to lead them the best you know how, and that’s what I tried to do.”The stats wouldn’t suggest the 30-year-old Sherman has stood out this season. He enters Sunday’s season finale against the Los Angeles Rams still seeking his first interception, and he has just four passes defended in the 13 games he’s played.But that’s largely because teams avoid throwing in his direction, opting instead to target younger cornerbacks such as Ahkello Witherspoon or rookie Tarvarius Moore.Sherman’s value has come through in subtle ways for a defense that ranks 10th in the league, allowing 344.6 total yards per game.“I can’t speak highly enough of him,” Moore said. “Whenever you ask him a question, he’s always there to help. So I can definitely say he’s been a blessing, not just for the young guys, but everybody in that room. It’s kind of like having another coach on the field right there with you.”Hearing such talk might come as a surprise, considering Sherman has earned a reputation for being outspoken and sometimes combative.He was ejected from last Sunday’s loss to Chicago for fighting Brian Burns Jersey , though that only came after Bears players, upset about a late hit, went after 49ers safety Marcell Harris. Two Chicago players got ejected as well.Aside from that incident, Sherman has avoided making headlines for the wrong reasons.“I don’t really care about public perception,” Sherman said. “But what my teammates think about me, and how I carry myself in the locker room, means a great deal. I care very little about the opinions of people outside the locker room.”Sherman has missed two games with minor injuries, but he’s relieved to have made a comeback from a ruptured right Achilles that ended his 2017 season after nine games.Could he possibly help recruit safety Earl Thomas, a former Seattle teammate who will be a free agent this summer?“Would I love to play with (Thomas)? Sure. I would love to,” Sherman said. “I’m sure he’ll have a plethora of opportunties, but I’m sure we’re gonna throw our hat in the ring.”NOTES: Wide receiver Marquise Goodwin (calf) didn’t practice Thursday, and tight end Garrett Celek (concussion), linebackers Mark Nzeocha (groin) and Malcolm Smith (Achilles), cornerback K’Waun Williams (knee) and center Erik Magnuson (hamstring) were limited. If you can’t beat ’em, redefine what it means to lose to ’em.Financially, all NFL teams win. Bigly. Competitively, the Patriots have cracked the code on how to consistently kick everyone else’s asses http://www.panthersauthorizedshops.com/authentic-greg-little-jersey , and that drives everyone else crazy.So what do these other teams do? They’ve tried, on multiple occasions, to replace “they’re simply much, much better at this than us” with “they cheat.” And now that the Patriots have won three of the last five Super Bowls and appeared in three in a row four years after the Colts instigated a grossly trumped-up cheating scandal, Colts owner Jim Irsay is trying to redefine what it means to be the greatest team ever, at a time when the greatest team ever is staring him right in the face.“The G.O.A.T. Standard for NFL Teams is simple and I’ve discussed the seemingly impossible goal with many in NFL circles over the last half of Century,” Irsay tweeted on Saturday. “3 World Championships in a row. NO ONE’S DONE IT! Colt’s [sic] Fans Dream Boldly.” (Irsay, in a subsequent tweet, clarified his claim to mean three straight championships in the Super Bowl era, because the three NFL titles in a row thing has been done, by the Packers, twice.)Well, Jim, if/when someone wins three Super Bowls in a row, we can compare that accomplishment to what the Patriots have done. Until that happens, the debate must be confined to the available evidence. And the available evidence points inescapably to the fact that, in an era of free agency Will Grier Jersey , the salary cap, and (ostensibly) parity, the Patriots have appeared in nine Super Bowls in 18 years, they’ve won six of them, and they continue to play deep into January (or February) every year, retreat to 0-0 with everyone else, and then find a way to climb to the top of the mountain all over again.Irsay, clearly not understanding that the term “greatest of all time” is a title that never was meant to be vacant, seems to think that his team can win three in a row. Maybe they can. But, surely, G.M. Chris Ballard, coach Frank Reich, quarterback Andrew Luck, and the rest of the franchise would prefer that the bar set by Irsay be slightly lower.