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The Vikings signed veteran safety Darren Sharper to a four-year contract Saturday, inserting another accomplished player into a unit that has already added new four starters since the month began.
Sharper, a two-time Pro Bowl pick released by Green Bay in a cost-cutting move earlier this week, started at free safety the last six seasons for the Packers and ranks fifth in team history with 36 interceptions. He led the team with four interceptions last year and scored three touchdowns.
"Darren is very excited to be going to Minnesota," agent Joel Segal said.
The Packers tried to get Sharper to restructure his deal, but he balked at a pay cut -- hoping to make more on the open market than the approximately $2 million Green Bay was offering for 2005.
The Vikings were only too happy he was available.
"He's a great playmaker and has been a nemesis of ours for years," Vikings vice president of football operations Rob Brzezinski said. "He's an outstanding leader and will be a tremendous addition to our defense."
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/football/nfl/03/12/bc.fbn.vikings.sharper.ap/index.html
Sharper, a two-time Pro Bowl pick released by Green Bay in a cost-cutting move earlier this week, started at free safety the last six seasons for the Packers and ranks fifth in team history with 36 interceptions. He led the team with four interceptions last year and scored three touchdowns.
"Darren is very excited to be going to Minnesota," agent Joel Segal said.
The Packers tried to get Sharper to restructure his deal, but he balked at a pay cut -- hoping to make more on the open market than the approximately $2 million Green Bay was offering for 2005.
The Vikings were only too happy he was available.
"He's a great playmaker and has been a nemesis of ours for years," Vikings vice president of football operations Rob Brzezinski said. "He's an outstanding leader and will be a tremendous addition to our defense."
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/football/nfl/03/12/bc.fbn.vikings.sharper.ap/index.html