What is the big-to-do about Sharper--but not Fujita?

How many people actually believe that Sharper won't be a Saint next year?

Honestly, I'm having a somewhat difficult time believing in the rumors / bad hype that Sharper won't be a Saint next year.  The guy had a great season, and, even though he's old, he is still valuable as a player and as a mentor (helping the rest of the secondary get in position, both before games and before snaps).  Not to mention that he's a future HOFer who had one of his best seasons last year with THREE TDs on defense.

Compare this to Fujita, who I think was more than a solid LB last year, and there seems to be a disconnect.  Almost everyone expects that Fujita will be a Saint next year, and rightly so--he was better than your average outside linebacker.  But he's no HOFer, and it would be pretty damned difficult to argue that he's one of the top 5 players at his position.

But Sharper, who some people speculate won't be a Saint next year, was in the running for Defensive Player of the Year...then our corners got hurt and he couldn't be as aggressive.  Even so, he had one hell of a year and easily could be argued to be a top 5 player--or better.  But all of the sudden, people are talking about how he's going to leave or how the Saints won't give him a good enough offer for him to stay, or whatnot like that.  I know he's getting old, but so is Fujita.  No way the Saints would let a guy that good go, especially when we cannot sign any respectable veteran players (without trading).  At the very least, I think Gregg Williams (and SP) would object and push Loomis to get a deal done.

I think it makes no sense and that the Saints are just taking their time on this--they're trying to evaluate talent for the draft, get other deals done, and they're probably still slightly hungover like the rest of us.

Does anyone disagree?