Eric Berry on Jim Rome's radio show today.

[Inspecta]

Originally Posted by Shep

But without Polly, their defense had similar stats and they won at about the same clip. .

Uhhhh.....did you watch the steelers without Troy?

They sucked ass on defense, and people ran roughshot over them.

It made the difference between playoffs and no playoffs.

That's right, not having troy dropped the steelers to a .500 team.

[D'Qwimbley]

If Ed Reed were there to be picked, would you pick him? How about Polamalu? Don't tell me Safety isn't an impact position.

[D'Qwimbley]

Originally Posted by Inspecta

Uhhhh.....did you watch the steelers without Troy?

They sucked ass on defense, and people ran roughshot over them.

It made the difference between playoffs and no playoffs.

That's right, not having troy dropped the steelers to a .500 team.

+1

[Vegasdogg]

Originally Posted by Shep

I'm sure Berry gets a higher rating at safety than either Clausen or Bradford at QB... but let's see who has more of an impact on his team over the next decade.

If neither is very good, Berry's the better pick. If Berry is great and Clausen or Bradford is really good... the quarterbacks were smarter picks.

Without Roetlhlisberger, the Steelers would suck, great defense and Polamalu and all. They'd certainly be worse than the Jets, who should have gone 8-8 with a better defense and a better running game. That game they played with Dennis Dixon was FUGLY.

But without Polly, their defense had similar stats and they won at about the same clip. The Colts were fine without Sanders. Losing a safety is NOT losing a quarterback. Hence... value.

You just can't safety your way to a first round bye.

Talk about covering your bases. If ands and buts.

Joey H, David Carr and Alex Smith - all subject to mishandling and mutliple offenses. I get that.

But Berry is a top 3 pick for me. I don't like Clausen (ND homer here) and the only QB's I like are Bradford and Colt, but not top 10.

If we trade out, move into 12-18, and get one of those with some 2nd and 3rd round love in return, sure. I buy in.

Why? Cuz it's H3.

But I just don't see a Ben or Joe F sitting there.

I like RB better than QB, so I know I give a lot of ground with you there. I just don't like these guys. And yes, shep I say that every year. I admit that.