Darren Sharper

He’s making sure the only things on his players’ minds are black and gold, Drew Brees, Darren Sharper, and the Fleur de Lis. 

Not that Belichick is oblivious to what’s going on throughout the league. He constantly keeps an ear to the ground and knows what happens everyday. 

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tsburgh Steelers), as the Wilfs had just doled out the money to Pat Williams, Antoine Winfield, and Darren Sharper, while Kevin Williams was becoming a major inside force.

Also, besides not delivering on his promise of a great offense, Childress has also struggled in two other key areas: First, is the special teams.  Under Mike Tice, the Vikings had some great special teams units.  Under Childress, Vikings fans cringe when the "special" teams hit the field.  Secondly, Childress' clock-management has been called into question multiple times each season of his tenure, including a few obvious blunders towards the end of this season that Brad would not take responsibility for.

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eam, the defense finally started to improve, as players such as Pat Williams, Antoine Winfield, and Darren Sharper (2006, I believe) were brought in to solidify the unit.  However, there has always been one area that has not improved in the least...pass defense.  The unit seemed to improve in the 2005-2006 seasons, but that proved to be only a mirage, as teams had never run into a run-stopping line like the Vikings had, and thus didn't adapt quickly enough (it probably didn't help that the old football adage is to establish the run to set up the pass, which played right into the Vikings' hands).  But it quickly became apparent in 2007 and so far this year that the pass defense is woefully inadequate, allowing teams to completely abandon the run (like the Bears pretty much did on Sunday) and just pass, pass, pass.

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on the defense.  As Brad Childress put together such talent as Pat Williams, Antoine Winfield, Darren Sharper, and Dwight Smith (until the whole sex-in-the-stairwell thing), the overall defense seemed to improve, but teams (starting with the New England Patriots on a fateful Monday night in 2006) began to realizing that all you had to do to beat the Vikings was pass, pass, and then pass a little more.

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