| Saints FS Darren Sharper Hopes To Play Vs. Browns | | |
In his "gut," New Orleans Saints safety Darren Sharper said he feels ready to play Sunday against the Cleveland Browns, but the Saints have not yet announced any decisions on his playing status after he returned for his first practice Wednesday. Sharper spent the first six weeks of the season on the physically-unable-to-perform list after he spent the entire summer recovering from an arthroscopic surgery on his left knee, which included some microfracture techniques. "I felt good. It was good to get back out there and move around and get some real practicing going on," said Sharper, who said he participated in every part of practice, though he lined up with the scout team in team drills. "You know, a lot of times you feel rusty. I didn't really feel rusty. I felt like it kind of became commonplace when I got back out there and got back to the movements. It kind of felt normal. "You know, practice is different from the game, though." Sharper, 34, said he and the team will evaluate how his body responds to the increased workload and how he performs Thursday and Friday. "I don't know if I can say '100 percent' is how I feel now. It could be 98. But no one's 100 percent right now that's been playing and didn't have surgery," Sharper said. "But I do feel fresh, and I do feel like I'm ready to play football." Coach Sean Payton was non-committal on Sharper's chances of playing Sunday. "We'll see," Payton said. "I wouldn't rule it out, and yet I wouldn't say it's a definite." For now, Sharper is not on the Saints' active 53-man roster and if they decide to activate him this week, they would have to do it by Saturday - and they would have to release a player to make room for him.
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune
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