PHOENIX — Any debate on the best cornerback in the NFL is unlikely to be settled in Super Bowl XLIX.

Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman and counterpart Darrelle Revis of the New England Patriots are All-Pros who travel with reputations. When quarterbacks Tom Brady and Russell Wilson scan the field Sunday, it’s likely they’ll keep on with their progression to the next receiver and not test either player.

“Just the ability to shut down your side, whatever side you’re on,” Revis said Tuesday at Media Day of what makes cornerbacks great. “Sherman, he plays left corner and he does great. He’s great at what he does.”

The Twitter tussle incited by Sherman two years ago, before he signed a $57 million deal with the Seahawks and landed on the All-Pro team, appears to be doused. Each player spoke respectfully about the other Tuesday, and Sherman had only kind words for Revis, in his first season with the Patriots.

“He’s had a great year,” Sherman said. “I’m sure people will make comparisons. They always do. But we play the game two different ways. He’s plays it more meticulous and more conventional on his technique. Mine is more unorthodox. It’s more difficult to replicate what I do on the football field. So it’s two different styles to compare. I play my way and he plays his way and both of them are effective.”

The numbers don’t lead to an undisputed answer to the cornerback question.

In 2014, Sherman had five interceptions and allowed one touchdown.

Revis had two interceptions and gave up two scores.

According to Pro Football Focus, quarterbacks completed 47.1 percent of their passes intended for receivers covered by Sherman. And with Revis in coverage, 47.8 percent.

Revis said he respects the many opinions, but he prefers to discuss tiers of top cornerbacks, naming Patrick Peterson of the Arizona Cardinals, Joe Haden of the Cleveland Browns, Aqib Talib of the Denver Broncos and Sherman among “the great guys playing so well. We’re a group. We’re a DB group.”

In one meeting between the Legion of Boom and Brady, the Patriots completed 3 of 10 passes in Sherman’s coverage area, including a touchdown.

That game ended with a sullen Brady being encountered after the 24-23 loss by the loquacious Sherman — who claimed Brady called him and safety Earl Thomas nobodies before the game — yelling from close range “You mad, bro?”

Brady said with 65-80 plays left in the season, the Patriots are working to make the quickest, best decision. With a varied front, Brady said there is not always time to determine the right read and execute to perfect.

“They don’t give up anything easy, I’ll tell you that,” he said. “I think that’s a challenge and everything has to be coordinated so well. You need great distributions in your patterns, you’ve got to make great decisions. It’s a very disciplined defense.”

So effective is Sherman that the Green Bay Packers did not attempt one pass to his side of the field in their first meeting in September. In the rematch, Sherman intercepted quarterback Aaron Rodgers in the end zone. In the second half, clearly limited by a sprained elbow, Sherman was not thrown at one time.

“I’m not really knocking him on what he does,” Revis said. “He’s a playmaker and that’s what he does for his team.”

Seahawks wide receiver Jermaine Kearse said the top cornerback debate is too close to call.

“Revis is a little more physical at the line,” Kearse said. “Sherman has a lot of length, he’s a long guy. He’s able to play the back hip and still play the deep ball because of the length of his arms. Revis is good at the line. He’s got quick on feet and is in and out of his break. They’re pretty similar but different.”

Some view Revis as the best cornerback because he is given the literal lockdown role by coach Bill Belichick. Whereas Sherman always aligns on the left side of the defensive formation, Revis has been used on No. 1 receivers consistently this season, wherever that receiver lines up. He was not assigned to Colts Pro Bowl wide receiver T.Y. Hilton in the AFC Championship, but that is the exception.

“Reve has been a guy that can take on any guy any week,” Patriots cornerback Devin McCourty said. “Doesn’t matter short, quick guy, a big long stride, guy being a guy that can just go play someone, it doesn’t matter what the receiver is.”

Revis said Tuesday that he considers Deion Sanders the best cornerback in the NFL — though Sanders, a retired Hall of Famer, was working the mic at media day and no longer bumps receivers for a living. Sherman was not so diplomatic when asked if he is the best cornerback in football.

It was different in February 2013, when Revis reached a boiling point with Sherman taking to national television shows to compare himself to Revis.

“I never seen a man before run his mouth so much like girl. This dude just steady putting my name in his mouth to get notoriety @rsherman_25,” Revis wrote via Twitter, and followed with “Sit down young pup & wait your turn.”

Sherman, who was the league leader in interceptions (12) and passes defensed (34) in his first two seasons in the NFL, went to the scoreboard.

“@Revis24 one season u will get 8 picks…. But it won’t happen anytime soon… I did it in my 2nd season… So u have something to chase,” Sherman wrote.

The thawing of the relationship came when cornerback Brandon Browner signed as a free agent with the Patriots in the offseason, leaving the city of Seattle but not necessarily the Legion of Boom he said is still a lasting brotherhood. The “LOB” tattoo Browner has is symbolic of what he considers permanent friendships.

Browner helped Revis and Sherman settle any differences, perceived or real, and Sherman said they’ve talked a few times this season.

One of the challenges so-called shutdown cornerbacks discuss is maintaining focus when it becomes clear opponents have no intention of throwing the ball in the vicinity of Revis and Sherman.

“It comes down to respect,” Revis said. “I study a lot of film. I do my own assessment of offenses and quarterbacks. You’ve still got to give them that respect.”

Modesty comes in small portions with Sherman, who might be bragging, but he is more than backing it up on the field. So will he be the best cornerback on the field Sunday?

“I don’t know anybody who would say otherwise,” Sherman said.