In a first-person piece for Sports Illustrated, Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman revealed some big news, announcing that girlfriend Ashley Moss is pregnant with the couple’s first child, a boy who is due, as Sherman put it in the article, “any day now.”
So while that’s obviously exciting news for Sherman and Moss, it does create a question of timing. The birth of a child is hardly something Sherman would want to miss, but then again, so is a Super Bowl.
Asked about that possible dilemma Thursday, Sherman said, “I’m focused on the game right now. He’s not supposed to come on Sunday. Obviously that would change some things. But I think he’s going to be a disciplined young man and stay in there until after the game. He’s going to do his father his first favor and stay in there for another week or two.”
Talking briefly with Sherman before Wednesday’s press availability, he said Moss’ doctor thinks she likely still has a couple of weeks—the due date is Feb. 12—but they have talked about the possibility of their son coming early.
“I’ve thought about the possibility of him coming during the game or coming before the game, and we have things in place in case that happens, and we’ll cross that bridge if we get there,” Sherman said. “I’d like to not miss the birth of my first kid, but thankfully and hopefully and god willing, we won’t have to cross that bridge.”
Asked if he has made a decision on what he’ll do should Moss go into labor this weekend, Sherman said he does, but wouldn’t give anything away.
“I do,” he said. “I can’t let you know. I guess we’ll find out if he comes on Sunday, won’t we.”
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