About Cobb, he has quickness, not real breakaway speed like Harvin or Melvin Gordon. The jet sweep might work, though.

As for the main question, avoiding Sherman or not? Hell yeah, you always go away from the other team's strength - and loud mouth that he is, Sherman is still damn good. My gripe is that McCarthy sold out to the "run first" crowd, and when he did pass, he got away from the Packers strength: throwing it down the field - and having that set up the run, not the other way around. We've faced good pass rushes before with worse offensive lines, and Rodgers used his mobility to get off passes down the field. Why was THAT avoided? I wouldn't give a damn if they picked on the opposite Corner almost 100% - Seattle invites that by not flipping their Corners. Good Point, though, about the single high Safety automatically rotating away from Sherman.