Darren Sharper?

I wanted the Boys to pick him up. But I’ll have to pass this time. He had a real good year last year, but we already have too many starters on both sides of the ball that could get old in a hurry on us.

that is mistaken interpretation of events.

The Saints definitely want to keep Sharper. Sharper knows the Saints let him play to his strengths in their defensive system. So they are gonna show Sharper some love by NOT franchise tagging him. This will let Sharper (presumably) field offers and establish a market value and negotiate from there.

But you have to have an open system for him to excell in. When he was in Minnesota he didn’t get anywhere near the int’s he got with the Saints but then the Vikes play a tight cover 2 that kept him in check from flying around the field. The Saints score (alot) and so can keep up with the mistakes that he will make from time to time as he goes for the gold. He is a good DB and you would be silly not to be interested in him, but you definitely need to look at how you handle your DB’s before you decide on picking him up.

The Boys need to get younger not older.

He is quite old and I really don’t think his play was as spectacular as everyone made it out to be. Its great to cause turnovers but he got burned a good amount too. No sense in overpaying him like we would have to.

Sharper is a playmaker, but he’s not what we need at Safety.

This draft is deep at safety.

it’s an uncapped year and Jerry is going to be making money hand over fist. He will improve us in the backfield.

So what were the specific complaints?

“To me, I felt like we played too much zone,” Cromartie said. “As we would say, we felt like we had two of the best corners in the NFL, me and Jammer, and we played too much zone coverage, rather than man [coverage].”

MIller then asked whether Cromartie is hoping to play in a 3-4 defense that uses press-man coverage.

“I’d just like to play in a defense that’s aggressive, period, to the point of, let us use our strengths and use our abilities,” Cromartie said. “Ever since I came out, my first two years it was like that. We had Coach [Wade] Phillips and Coach [Ted] Cottrell [as defensive coordinators]. My second year, the 2007 and 2006 seasons, that’s exactly how we played. We may have played a cover-4 defense but there was a lot of press-man that depended on us. We let the front seven do their thing and we tried to handle everything in the back end.”

So it looks like Cromartie’s days in San Diego are numbered, even though he also said he’d “love to continue to finish out either my contract or my career in San Diego.” Even if he’s not traded before the 2010 deadline, it’s highly unlikely he’ll stay with the Chargers after his rookie contract expires at the end of the coming season.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/02/23/cromartie-has-complained-about-the-chargers-playing-too-much-zone/

Like I said in a previous thread Cromartie fell off once Wade left…..

Not saying it will happen, but I wouldnt be surprised. I wouldnt mind seeing them push MB3 for Cromartie