Sherman has a high burn rate because he's been thrown to the least.
And he's not perfect who is, most of the players he's been burned by are smaller, quick, ultra fast players that he might not necessarily have had a ton a film study on like the kid who burned him twice in the Vikings game.
Put renowned players like Thomas, Decker, and Welker on the field and give Sherman , 2 weeks to educate himself, its a different story.
What the writer also didn't mention was rookies Bruce Irvin and Gregg Scruggs were starting in place of Clemons and Jason Jones. Seahawks had no pass-rush. Mebane, Branch, and Bryant (who also was hurt) were also worn out because a lack of quality rotation which allowed our run game to break down.
We had ancient LeRoy Hill and Marcus Trufant (who was getting abused) on the field. Bobby Wagner and Lane was a mere rookie. Sherman, Wright, Malcolm Smith and Maxwell (had yet to transform) were in their first full years starting. Chanchellor (also hurt) in his 2nd.
Fast foward it to a year later the 2 players who produced 19.5 sacks a year ago (Clemons and Irvin) only produced 6.5 this year but the Seahawks still had +8 improvement in sacks due to adding Michael Bennett and Cliff Avril to the mix. Clemons is Clemons but he has better pass-rushers next to him.
Tony McDaniel is a more complete player than Alan Branch. He rates high as a run defender where Branch was bottom of the league last year.
Brandon Mebane is playing at an All-Pro level, he's twice the player Knigton is.
Clinton McDonald could be the best 3rd man DT in the NFL and is playing at an elite level than where he was a year ago.
Bryant is healthy and he's being asked to do different things under Quinn than he was with Bradley.
Sherman, Maxwell and Thurmond are rated as top 15 CB in coverage. Lane is good enough to start on half the teams in the NFL, and he's excellent at making open field tackles for his size.
Both Thomas and Chanchellor have elevated their games into complete and elite players at their positions.
Irvin/Smith at SAM are stronger and faster than Wright at SAM.
Wagner is one of the most complete LBers in the game, his range his off-the-charts. Luke Kucechly might be better but not by much.
Wright/Smith has proved to be a strategic revalation at WLB in place of the aging LeRoy Hill.
There is so much change on this Seahawks defense, the Atlanta blueprint is just weak analysis of a dumb writer using Sherman's name to get views like a leech.