There are only a couple of Green Bay Packers connections in Miami this week for Super Bowl 44, none on the Indianapolis Colts and three with the New Orleans Saints. Assistant head coach and linebackers coach Joe Vitt was on the staff of Ray Rhodes in 1999 (which included current head coach Mike McCarthy) where he served as the defensive backs coach. Backup quarterback Mark Brunell was a fifth round draft choice of the Packers in 1993 and spent a couple of seasons in Green Bay before getting traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars before the 1995 draft. Darren Sharper joined the Super Bowl champion Packers as a second round pick in 1997 and played 8 years in Green Bay before leaving as a free agent to Minnesota. After three years with the Vikings, Sharper joined New Orleans this spring. As he arrived in Miami, Sharper talked about his time in Green Bay and the opportunity in front of his new team this week.



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