Playmaking safety vs. Shutdown corner

[mohican]

Originally Posted by Flugel

That's a great job by you Sez! Don Rogers was special! Eric Trurner too! Remember when ET shut out Ben Coates in a playoff game?

Berry is really instinctive and it was good for him to have a year with an NFL DC like Monte Kiffen coaching him up.

I think Haden or Berry is a terrific pick for us.
- Tom F.

I remember ETs first game against the Bengals

First time I can remember a Brown putting the deadwood on James Brooks. I think Brooks career officially ended right then and there. I know, Billy B. brought Brooks in the next year as a FA to split 2 yard carries up the middle with Metcalf, but still, ET hitting James Brooks was almost as epic as Kevin Mack knocking Carnell Lake from cleveland stadium back to Three Sewers.

[mohican]

IMO, Eric Berry is a rare enough comodity at Safety that if he was there at 7, as much as I like Haden I take Berry. A Safety with mid 4.4 speed?

That is the exception to the rule. Typically, if a corner can tackle well, he can make the transition to safety when he loses a step. Ie Ronnie Lott or Rod Woodson.

[DaBrowns41]

Add in the fact that we had a wide receiver playing safety and it just reinforces the fact that safety is one of the biggest needs on the team, and you have a recipe for an Eric Berry pick.