Seattle defensive back Richard Sherman, the tough-talking leader of the "Legion of Boom," declared himself ready for the ultimate test against Denver's record-smashing offense in Super Bowl 48 next Sunday. A week after a heated post-game trash-talk tirade on television and giving the choke sign to opponents, Sherman and the Seahawks arrived in the New York suburbs for the National Football League championship spectacle eager to put the controversy behind him. Sherman, a Stanford University graduate, led the NFL this season with eight interceptions on a Seahawks defense that led the NFL with 28 pickoffs and allowed league lows of 14.4 points and 172 pass yards a game. "Legion of Boom, it has brought us together as a secondary, as a family and a brotherhood," Sherman said.

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