I have my personal opinion - this guy was the hands down best WR BF had to throw to. Not only that, he should have been in the Hall had it not been for that injury. Drives me nuts. He was incredible to see.
The guy had the speed of a WR and the strength of a TE. If you threw the ball in his area, there was little a defender could do. He'd simply take it from you.
I had a Sharpe jersey and at the time, he was my favorite player on the Packers (James Lofton was still playing so he was my fave player of all-time at that point). I remember in Brett's first few years watching every Packers game at the bar and people complaining that Brett looked too much at Sharpe.
Well, duh. If you had Sharpe to throw too, you'd look his way too. Sharpe was simply strongly than the guy defending him and he and Brett had a way of communicating when a play broke down, Sharpe knew what to do, and Brett would know where Sharpe would be.
The thing is, the plays broke down all the time. Drove Coach Holmgren nuts, but more often than not, they worked.
I'll let someone else post stats. Sharpe still is one of my favorite players although my jersey isn't even wearable any more. I'm really bummed about his injury. I guarantee you if he had never been injured, we'd have a lot more than one SB with Favre.
My man Donald Driver
(thanks to Pack93z for the pic)
2010 will be seen as the beginning of the new Packers dynasty. 🇹🇹 🇲🇲 🇦🇷