Michael Crabtree reportedly attempted to fight Richard Sherman at a charity event hosted by Larry Fitzgerald last offseason.

"While there, Sherman went to shake Crabtree's hand, and Crabtree tried to start a fight, according to Sherman's older brother, Branton," writes Jerry Brewer of the Times. "'I'm going to make a play and embarrass him,' Richard Sherman vowed that day."

Sherman admitted that his postgame interview with Erin Andrews was filled with adrenaline following the game.

"A lot of what I said to [Erin] Andrews was adrenaline talking, and some of that was Crabtree," wrote Sherman on Monday Morning Quarterback. "I just don't like him. It was loud, it was in the moment, and it was just a small part of the person I am. I don't want to be a villain, because I'm not a villainous person ... To those who would call me a thug or worse because I show passion on a football field -- don't judge a person's character by what they do between the lines. Judge a man by what he does off the field, what he does for his community, what he does for his family."