Darren Sharper Sounds Good About Right Now
In the aesthetic words of one Mike Jones: back then they didn’t want him; now he’s hot, they, uh, probably would want him. Back in February, the Bears were in the enviable position of having Sharper actually want to play for them, but they just didn’t like him in that way. Now, he leads the league with six interceptions and was just named NFC Defensive Player of the Month for October. Whoops.
Of the six interceptions Sharper has so far, three have been brought back to the house. If you’re keeping score, that’s three more pick-sixes for Sharper than Bears safeties have just interceptions. Yeah, I’d say. Clearly, the Bears secondary has been the weakest part of a deteriorating defense, and a Darren Sharper right now is better than any Danieal Manning-Josh Bullocks-Craig Steltz carousel.
On the bright side, at least, Johnny Knox is the Special Teams Player of the Month, averaging 28.9 yards per return, and therefore, it is officially okay that we ruined Devin Hester as the best return man ever.
But if we got Sharper, we never would have had a shot at Josh Bullocks! Oh…wait.