Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman says fantasy sports have conditioned people to dehumanize professional athletes, especially when they’re lying injured on the field of play.

Following the Seahawks’ victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday night, Sherman was quizzed during the postgame press conference about injuries incurred by two Seahawk players, running back Chris Carson and offensive lineman Rees Odhiambo.

Without anyone mentioning fantasy sports, Sherman offered his view that “a lot of fans out there have looked at players less like people because of fantasy football.” Sherman said that, when a player gets hurt during a game, his fellow athletes were more concerned about their colleagues’ physical and mental wellbeing, while some viewers at home or in the stands are “thinking, ‘oh man, he’s messing up my fantasy team.’”

Sherman said that type of response was “why you see the frustration from a lot of players who don’t care about your fantasy team … these are real players, this is real life … your fantasy team may not win, and hey, guess what, you’ll live the next day.” Meanwhile, the injured players “may not ever get another shot. They may never get another down, another play.”