

(By Alex Brandon / AP)

The Seahawks defeated the Redskins on Monday night, as expected.

The Seahawks were also humble, restrained and gracious in victory, as expected, if you just ignore what they actually said and instead imagine the platonic ideal of a humble, restrained and gracious player.

But if you would like to see some of their actual quotations, here are five.

1. Richard Sherman, asked if Pierre Garcon pulled his hair, via 710 ESPN Seattle:

“Yeah, Pierre did a few things,” Sherman said. “When you can’t get open, you’ve got to do whatever you can. The crowd’s acting like I’m holding him, and obviously, the TV copy you can see what happened.”

2. Earl Thomas, asked about the refereeing, via USA Today:

“The reason why we’re so up and down, sometimes the refs kind of get into it, and it kind of makes the game kinda feel weird…,” Thomas said. “I just think it’s ‘Monday Night Football,’ you know the fans are watching, and everybody wants to see a good game, so they’re gonna try to make it as close as possible. It’s a business.”

3. Richard Sherman, asked about Garcon, via CSN Washington:

“Pierre doesn’t matter in this league,” Sherman said. Asked to clarify his comments, Sherman replied, “I mean exactly what I said.”

4. Michael Bennett, on Seattle’s 13 penalties, via 710 ESPN Seattle:

“They ought to start selling the referee jerseys,” Bennett said. “Because the referees are getting more time than the players these days. The referees, they’re getting paid. Their jerseys are on sale so make sure you go on NFL.com and get a referee jersey.”

5. Richard Sherman, on Monday’s result, via Mike Jones:

“It should have been 45-10,” Sherman said. “There was never a point where we were worried. I mean, we were in control.”

And for fun, here were the most gracious and reserved tweets I saw from a Seattle media personality.

Candy from a baby. #wheresmarshawn — Mitch Levy (@Mitch_Seattle) October 7, 2014