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After the Seahawks fell to the Chargers on Sunday, Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman reportedly refused to speak to the media. Sherman disputes that contention.

“When I got done taking a shower and everything Earl [Thomas] was being interviewed and I stood there for a while and nobody came to me,” Sherman told reporters on Wednesday. “I put my stuff on and walked out. I signed a few autographs and then there was a guy who asked for an autograph and then asked for an interview after the autograph and I though this guy can’t be serious. That might have been the guy that said I wasn’t talking to media, but I didn’t really consider him media.”

After later in the Wednesday press conference about the subject, Sherman reiterated his position that he was available.

“I was literally standing in my locker,” Sherman said. “Earl [Thomas] was being interviewed. When you come off the field in a 120-degree game, and the locker room is about 90, you probably don’t want to stand there for an extra hour waiting for everyone to get done for interviews. I’m tired and I’m hot. I’m trying to get cool. So I sat there though, I was available. . . . I didn’t sneak off. I was standing there and they just happened to be interviewing other people, nobody called for me and said, ‘Hey Sherm.'”

It’s unclear whether members of the media who were covering the game dispute Sherman’s account. If they do, those with Twitter accounts may have something to say.