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Article: SAFETY HAZARD DARREN SHARPER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE FEATURED PLAYER IN THE PACKERS' NEW-LOOK DEFENSE. INSTEAD, HIS UNEVEN PLAY HAS MADE HIM A ...(SPORTS)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
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- September 29, 2004
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Byline: Jason Wilde Wisconsin State Journal
GREEN BAY -- This is not at all what Darren Sharper had in mind.
The veteran safety was supposed to be the focal point of the Green Bay Packers' revamped defense, and in a way, he has been - because he hasn't made the plays he was supposed to as the linchpin of new defensive coordinator Bob Slowik's scheme.
"I'd love to have four picks right now and about two sacks. But the fact of the matter is, it don't work like that," said Sharper, a two-time Pro Bowl selection who did not make the all-star game last year. "And I've learned that from being in the league eight years. When it's going to come, it's ...