You don’t have to convince the Legion of Boom that the Seattle Seahawks made the right decision in naming Kris Richard as the new defensive coordinator.

“I think [Richard] has the respect of the whole room being how he was the one who came in the beginning with all of us,” Richard Sherman said.

Sherman said it’s Richard who molded a group of lower-round draft choices and free agents into standout players. Sherman and Kam Chancellor were fifth-round selections. Former Seahawks cornerback Brandon Browner came from the CFL. Cornerback Byron Maxwell was a sixth-round pick. Nickelback Jeremy Lane was picked in the sixth round.

“The only first-round guy that anyone ever knew about was Earl [Thomas],” Sherman said. “Now everyone is like, ‘Oh you guys have this big-time secondary.’ Where were you guys at in 2011 when no one knew us from nobody.

via Marc Sessler of ESPN.com