Darren Sharper
Darren Sharper
Darren Mallory Sharperis a former American football safety who played in the National Football Leaguefor fourteen seasons. He played college football for the College of William & Mary. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the second round of the 1997 NFL Draft, also playing for the Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints. Sharper was a five-time Pro Bowl selection, and was named to the NFL's 2000s All-Decade Team. He finished his career with 63 interceptions, 6th on...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth3 November 1975
CityRichmond, VA
I never believed people saying he wasn't a pocket passer. I saw first-hand from the sideline that year when he came up to Green Bay and basically sat in the pocket and picked us apart.
A lot of people ask me that and I compare it to a marriage,
The new coaches will be the main thing. We've had some turnover on the roster, but we still have the main core of guys left on the team. It's something that the guys are looking forward to, working with and getting to know their coaches.
I'm going to call all those guys and hopefully give them some encouragement.
I never really thought it would come to this day. I don't have any loyalty there anymore. It will be ironic that I have to cheer for those guys, but I have no problem swallowing my pride for about three hours on Sunday and wearing a Green Bay Packer hat.
I'm having a blast, ... I think just having a fresh start, coming to a new team; the energy that this team has and the organization has as far as expectations. The guys I'm around are just great guys. This year I'm having the most fun I've had in any year in the league.
Not at all, ... Everyone gave their opinion on what they thought, and all of those opinions agreed with me.
(Slowik) was a real good tactical, break-down-the-offense type of coach. We knew what to expect for games. He also was a good motivational coach. Overall, I feel he was a good coordinator for us. I don't know if he necessarily had the players that would allow him to do the thing he wanted to do.
It will be like playing ones vs. ones in training camp. The only thing is if I get to blitz I finally get to hit him. He won't be wearing that red jersey.
It was just a relief to finally win a game.
We have to figure out how to blow teams out when we have them on the ropes.
We need to get back to being more aggressive as far as challenging receivers and their routes. A lot of times, what we're doing underneath allows them to convert on third-and-6 or third-and-7 because we're dropping back 9 yards. We need to get a little more aggressive.
We were distraught. But we have never gotten down on ourselves as a team.
We've got youth and we've got experience, so we've got all the ingredients to be a top defense. I think we have things in place now to make a run at the Super Bowl. You always want to add depth and some playmakers, but I think we have the pieces in place to be a dominating defense.