Darren Sproles: The Greatest Investment of the 2010 Offseason

April 20, 2010   ·   Henry Young   ·   Jump to comments

I know all you Charger fans are cringing at me but hear me out for a second.  I think keeping Sproles is the best investment the Chargers have made this offseason.  More of a better investment than getting CB Strickland and CB Vasher.  I'll tell you why.
We tend to dream up all the major possibilities of who will be wearing that Charger blue uniform next season—from players like Ryan Matthews, Ben Tate, Montario Hardesty, Dexter McCluster, all the way down to players like Joique Bell.  I could see all of you salivating at the possibilities all of these players have.  There is only one problem though: I don't think any of them are going to develop into their strongest potential without Sproles.
My reason why keeping Sproles is the biggest offseason investment the Chargers are making is simple: These rookies coming in aren't going to have a veteran RB to learn from and be guided in the right way if Sproles wasn't there.  That's the truth.

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