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  FBG Madden Ratings----Powered By: The Sports Xchange
Sharper, a nine-year NFL veteran, was taken by the Texans in the 2002 expansion draft from the Baltimore Ravens.
Sharper has met with Texans general manager Charley Casserly and was told it's possible the Texans could hold on to him until they see how the roster looks after the draft.
Sharper is eligible to become a free agent after next season, which could lead the Texans to begin discussing a contract extension.
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 Seattle Seahawks - News
Jamie Sharper as a Texan and a Seahawk.
Sharper, an All-American at Virginia with a degree in psychology, is not your everyday linebacker by any stretch of the imagination.
Granted, Sharper is taking a ribbing for being the only one of the linebackers playing significant time without a sack, but he’s also getting better every week playing outside linebacker in the 4-3 defense as opposed to the 3-4 he played last year in Houston.
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 Jamie Sharper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He is most famous for leading the NFL in tackles the 2003-2004 season, and being the older brother of Minnesota Vikings strong safety Darren Sharper.
He got cut by the Seattle Seahawks after the 2005 season, and is currently a free agent.
The Baltimore Ravens selected Sharper with the 36th overall pick in the 1997 draft.
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 EXTREMESKINS.com - Jamie Sharper Available Via Trade   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Sources said Thursday night that linebacker Jamie Sharper has been given permission to seek a trade, a move that would clear space at an overstocked position and rid the Texans of Sharper's $6.13 million salary-cap hit for 2005, the final year of Sharper's five-year contract the Texans acquired from Baltimore in the 2002 expansion draft.
Sharper, who likely would have to negotiate a contract with a new team before a trade was finalized, has been one of the Texans' defensive leaders.
Sharper has missed just one start in his eight-year career and has started all 48 games for the Texans, posting the three best single-season tackle totals of his career.
www.extremeskins.com /forums/showthread.php?t=94075   (707 words)

  
 Seattle Seahawks - News
Sharper was part of a Baltimore Ravens team in 2000 that set records for points allowed (165) and rushing yards allowed (950) along the way to winning Super Bowl XXXV.
Selected by the Houston Texans in the 2002 expansion draft, Sharper led the Texans in tackles in his three seasons with the team, including an NFL-leading and career-high 195 in 2003.
Jamie is back to that big time this season with two Monday Night Football appearances and an ESPN Sunday night game.
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 The Seattle Times: Sports: Mane attraction: Sharper gets strength from family ... and hair
Even with his helmet on, fans can tell who Jamie Sharper is on the football field because of the hair running down the back of his jersey.
Sharper, 30, shows little signs of wear and tear, and his leadership, though not always vocal, has been crucial to the Seahawks' young group of linebackers.
Jamie is more content with his laid-back style, even though Washington cornerback Shawn Springs recently called him "pretty," and prefers being on a good team over individual accolades.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/sports/2002557617_hawk13.html   (1075 words)

  
 Sharper Signs Five-Year Deal With Seahawks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Sharper was released by the Houston Texans on April 1.
Sharper's signing helps fill a major void in Seattle's defense, which ranked 26th in the NFL last season and is undergoing a makeover.
Sharper said playing outside is more natural for him, but he is open to playing wherever defensive coordinator Ray Rhodes would like.
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 Notes: Broncos sign free agent Dayne - NFL - MSNBC.com
The Houston Texans released veteran linebacker Jamie Sharper on Friday, continuing an offseason makeover of a defense that ranked in the bottom third of the NFL for the second straight season.
Sharper, entering his ninth year, had started all 48 games over the past three seasons at middle linebacker for the Texans since coming to the club in the 2002 expansion draft.
Sharper led Houston with 137 tackles in 2004 and also led the team in that category in 2002 but became expendable during an offseason in which the Texans are trying to add more speed to their 3-4 defense.
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 Bengals Interested in Jamie Sharper? - Fantasy Football Cafe 2006
Linebacker Jamie Sharper, who had 20 tackles, two sacks, and two interceptions during the Ravens’ championship postseason for Lewis in 2000, is on the trading block in Houston and he has told his agent he finds playing for Lewis again intriguing.
Sharper, who turns 31 late in the season, has never missed a NFL game in the eight years since Lewis helped draft him in the second round out Virginia in 1997.
Sharper told the station that general manager Charley Casserly told him to seek a draft pick in return for his trade, even if it takes up until the college draft in late April.
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 Seattle Seahawks, Jamie Sharper, Leroy Hill, National Football League - CBS SportsLine.com
Sharper, a nine-year veteran who signed with the Seahawks as a free agent in April, started the first eight games this season before being sidelined by a staph infection in his right knee.
The Seahawks replaced Sharper on the roster by activating cornerback Mike Harden from the practice squad.
Sharper signed a $17.5 million, five-year contract, with a $1.5 million signing bonus with Seattle after being released by the Houston Texans.
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 Isolation Booth: Rudi vs. Sharper
The leader of the Texans' defense is middle linebacker Jamie Sharper, whose 76 tackles are the most on the club.
Sharper also played for five seasons in Baltimore, where Bengals coach Marvin Lewis was defensive coordinator.
Sharper is strong against the run, and he has five games this season in which he has reached double digits in tackles.
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 JS Online: Sharper brothers have another reunion at Lambeau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Jamie also started 16 games for the first time, tying for fourth on the Ravens with 84 tackles.
Darren Sharper's rookie season was 1997, the year the Packers were defending their Super Bowl title.
Sharper believes Grbac's been a great addition but that the Packers would focus their attention on stopping the run first.
www.jsonline.com /packer/news/oct01/sharper11101001.asp   (1084 words)

  
 The Advance Scout | HoustonProFootball.com
Sharper is easily the most productive and consistent member of Texans defense, not just this season, but ever since the first Toro decals were ever affixed to the side of a Texan helmet.
Freed from the long shadows created by the Canton-bound Ray Lewis in Baltimore, Sharper arrived in Houston via the expansion draft and was immediately shadowed by the Tony Boselli hype and subsequent injury fallout.
Sharper does have a couple things going against him once again this season, not the least of which is the team for which he plays.
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 ESPN.com - NFL - Jamie Sharper - Seattle Seahawks - Player Card
Jamie Sharper has not been involved in any transactions this season.
The NFC West champion Seattle Seahawks have placed linebacker Jamie Sharper on injured reserve, ending his season.
Seattle Seahawks linebacker Jamie Sharper is out indefinitely with a swollen and infected right knee.
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 Sharper Hoping To Get First Sack Against Texans | NEWS | NFLPLAYERS.COM
KIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) - When Jamie Sharper was the joking team leader of the expansion Houston Texans in 2002, one of his favorite targets was then-rookie quarterback David Carr.
The Texans had just cut Sharper in an effort to save money and import more speed to their defense, even though he had started 121 consecutive games and led the Texans in tackles in each of the last two seasons.
Sharper, who still lives in the Houston suburb of Bellaire, said he chose Seattle over Cincinnati - where his former Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Marvin Lewis is the coach - because of the Seahawks' chance to win titles now.
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 beng0419
Sharper had 12 solo tackles, four assisted tackles and a sack, and Farrior had nine solo stops, one assist and a sack as they ransacked Duffner's University of Maryland squad last season.
Playing in the NFL has been Sharper's dream since he began playing football, and now that he is close to finding his home for the next few years, the time is passing slowly.
Sharper redshirted as a freshman at Virginia, but he finished his career as Virginia's all-time leading tackler (435) and its all-time leader in solo tackles (295).
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 Scout.com: Sharper's a Seahawk!
Sharper was the Ravens’ second-round pick that year, and he bonded with Lewis in a way that had some speculating that the Bengals would win Sharper’s vote even though the Seahawks were offering more money.
Although Lewis left for Cincy in 2002 –the same year Sharper was taken by the Texans in the expansion draft – the two men remain close.
Sharper is 30 years old, but the numbers say that he’s in the peak value phase of his career.
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 www.myspace.com/sharperpalooza
Sharper is a three (3) time Pro Bowl, All Pro Free Safety for the Minnesota Vikings.
Sharper is the epitome of a leader on and off the field.
Sharper is a nine-year veteran who spent his first eight years in the league with the Green Bay Packers, playing in Super Bowl XXXII as a rookie.
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 Kansas City Chiefs News Source, your Chiefs connection!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
After Sharper’s 108 tackle season with the Ravens in 2001 he was acquired by the Houston Texans in the expansion draft.
Sharper would give the Chiefs a sideline-to-sideline linebacker who still has the power to handle the contact at the point of attack.
If Sharper were playing next to Kendrell Bell the Chiefs would have their best linebacking duo since Thomas and Edwards or maybe even Lanier and Bell.
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 Jamie Sharper on the Trading Block - Page 21 - HoustonTexans.com Message Boards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Over the history of the NFL there are many people I could point to in the 2-gap tackle mold that has had long careers because their skill set doesn't really have to factor in losing a step due to age.
Jamie (and A.Glenn and G.Walker for that matter) were never this teams future - they were our X draft personnel to permit us to run in place until we could really develope our team with a base of players lead by Carr, AJ, D-Rob, etc.
Wong, Sharper, Walker, Payne, Coleman, Glenn, Foreman, and McKinney were brought in 3 years ago while they were in their relative primes.
forums.houstontexans.com /showthread.php?p=99767   (1503 words)

  
 Scout.com: Sharper Image...or Another Mirage?
When Jamie Sharper, the former Raven and Houston Texan, came to Seattle on Thursday, the wooing began with a limo ride to one of the Emerald City’s finest restaurants with president Tim Ruskell and linebackers coach John Marshall.
Sharper has played both middle and outside linebacker in his eight-year NFL career, and the Seahawks have a need at both spots - especially after relesing OLB Anthony Simmons and losing MLB Orlando Huff to the Arizona Cardinals.
But it appears that if Jamie Sharper wears a uniform other than Seattle’s in 2005, it won’t be for lack of trying on the team's part.
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 Steelers ready for trash-talking Ravens - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
After the Ravens defeated the Miami Dolphins on Sunday in a wild-card playoff, Sharper was speaking to a Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel reporter about Baltimore's next game.
Sharper was referring to the Dolphins' running backs, who combined for 20 yards on 11 carries against the Ravens.
Usually affable and smiling when he answers reporters' questions, Bettis was defiant yesterday when Sharper's comments were relayed to him.
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 FBG Madden Ratings----Powered By: The Sports Xchange
Dec 9 2005 - LB Jamie Sharper's (knee) season came to an end when the Seahawks placed him on injured reserve Friday.
Dec 8 2005 - LB Jamie Sharper remains sidelined by an infected knee.
Nov 29 2005 - LB Jamie Sharper remains sidelined by an infected knee.
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 Jamie Sharper on the Trading Block - HoustonTexans.com Message Boards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Berman mentioned that the Texans gave Jamie Sharper permission to seek a trade.
Sharper on the other hand has been the heart of the D since their first game.
If the Cowboys are switching to the 3-4, they could maybe use Sharper but I can't think of anything the Cowboys have that we would want besides picks off the top of my head...
forums.houstontexans.com /showthread.php?p=87696   (699 words)

  
 HeraldNet: Seahawks get more than a LB in Sharper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Seahawks were so certain about Sharper, as a leader and outside linebacker, that they signed him to a five-year, $17.5 million contract shortly after the Texans granted him a release at his own request.
The Seahawks will use Sharper at the strongside position, where Brown started last year when he was healthy.
Sharper thinks Seattle might be a different story.
www.heraldnet.com /stories/05/05/03/100spo_seahawks001.cfm   (750 words)

  
 RotoTimes.com - Jamie Sharper - Fantasy Football Profile
The Seahawks placed Jamie Sharper on injured reserve Friday, formally ending his season.
Jamie Sharper could miss four more games with an infected knee, according to the Seattle Times.
Jamie Sharper is expected to sign a five-year, $17.5 million contract with the Seahawks, according to the Seattle Times.
www.rototimes.com /nfl/player/1798   (205 words)

  
 SportingNews.com - NFL - Seahawks cut starters Dyson, Sharper
Sharper, 31, started the first eight games of last season at outside linebacker before getting a staph infection in his right knee.
With the $1.5 million signing bonus Sharper received in that deal, he would have counted just over $2.5 million against the Seahawks' cap this season.
i agree with u on the release of sharper, even though he only was going to count for 2.5 and would have been a good person to have backing up leroy hill who is only going to be in his 2nd yr.
www.sportingnews.com /yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=68028   (523 words)

  
 ESPN.com - MLB Wire
Sharpe will be the latest member of the Ravens' 2000 championship team to exit, following retired defensive tackle Tony Siragusa and linebacker Jamie Sharper and returner Jermaine Lewis, who were both selected by the Houston Texans in Monday's NFL expansion draft.
I don't care what Sharper's (salary) cap number is. When you have a player that young, with so many good years remaining, you pay him.
Sharpe's possible release comes after a season in which he became the all-time leader among tight ends with 692 catches for 8,604 yards and was named to his eighth Pro Bowl.
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 Las Vegas SUN: Seahawks LB Jamie Sharper Out Indefinitely
KIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) - Seattle Seahawks linebacker Jamie Sharper is out indefinitely with a swollen and infected right knee.
Sharper, who has missed only one of 136 games in his nine-year career, had a swollen knee when he arrived at team headquarters on Tuesday.
The NFC West-leading Seahawks (6-2) will moved D.D. Lewis from the left outside linebacker spot to Sharper's right side for Sunday's division showdown against second-place St. Louis (4-4).
www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/fb-pro/2005/nov/09/110908010.html   (184 words)

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