New Orleans Saints CB Jabari Greer Says He's Silky Smooth After Key Interception

New Orleans CB Jabari Greer says he's "silky smooth" while his partner in crime Tracy Porter is "a little more rough around the edges."

Porter had left the building before Greer made the comment so he never had a chance to say whether or not he agrees with that assessment, but make no mistake, these two have chemistry.

And while it may be Greer's lot in life to spend the rest of his career in the shadow of Super Bowl hero Porter, Greer seems determined to make a name for himself before his playing days are done.

Second and three at the Panther 21...here's Clausen and it's going to be intercepted by Greer...Greer bringing it back...15...down to the 10...he'll trot into the end zone for the score...

That 24-yard pick six off rookie Carolina QB Jimmy Clausen made it 27-3 with 41 seconds remaining in the third quarter and for all intents and purposes slammed the door shut on the Panthers.

"The biggest thing is catching the ball, and then I had one guy to beat," Greer told The Times-Picayune. "But it's fun to play with those guys—you get the ball in your hands and those boys are just looking for someone to hit."

It's February 2010 and some say Jabari Greer is the most underrated player on the field in Super Bowl XLIV.

Some rank you as the second best cornerback in the league behind Darrelle Revis but none of those media smartasses ever say "Greer Island."

Your defensive coordinator Gregg Williams says you are just that good.

A scouting serving ranks you as the eighth best player on the field and third best Saint on Super Bowl Sunday.

But Deion Sanders, who never met a collision he didn't try an avoid, scoffs at the notion that you are in the same league as Mr. Revis Island.

Unlike your cohort Tracy Porter, you didn't make any splashy plays on the road to Miami. All you did was quietly shutdown two of the game's elite receivers—Larry Fitzgerald and Sidney Rice.

You say you take it for what it is. You tell them it comes with the territory. Yo say you know at cornerback you only get recognized when you make a great play or a terrible play. You take it all in stride.

Those stat geeks crunched the numbers and said you were only burned 37.9 percent of the time—second only to Revis at 37.0 percent.

But you stay humble. You tell them you have a long way to go before you become the player you want to be. You say the only thing that really matters is helping the team have success. Team success is the ultimate for you.

After missing two weeks to injury, Jabari Greer scored the first touchdown for the Saints defense this season. A good sign for a team that prides itself on lighting up the scoreboard at every opportunity.

Jabari Greer was Mr. Silky Smooth once again.

"It feels good, the way our guys fought and scratched. We really wanted this," Greer told reporters following the game. "We needed this game, so we went out there and got it...I think this was a game that is really going to give our team the confidence and the blueprint to where we want to get to."

Sit up and take notice NFL.

Reports of the New Orleans Saints' death are greatly exaggerated.