Originally Posted by
brdempsey69
Correction, Berry had a slight impact on the Defense & he wasn't the best pick -- that's my point. A lot of times in Pass Defense he was a pigeon & was nowhere close to being the player he was hyped up to be in that area. Perhaps he'll be better in that in his 2nd year -- we'll see. The biggest & most positive impact on Defense was from Coach Crennell and his assistants. Also the schedule was much easier than the previous year, now wasn't it? Not going to have that luxury in 2011 and they're going to need help from the Offense in the form of being able to move the ball and score points -- and that will start up front with the O-Line.
Of course, if people want to rest their laurels on the smoke and mirrors of 2010, then by all means write letters to Pioli asking him to ignore the O-Line in the upcoming draft & if he listens to you -- and I suspect he might -- well then I hope everybody grinds their teeth & feels great from the frustration of seeing the Chiefs Offense continually turn the ball back over to the other team with the Defense spending the greater majority of the game on the field.
THINK BALANCE BETWEEN THE TWO PLATOONS -- and right now the Offensive needs are greater than the Defensive needs.
And how many of those games during that stretch did they allow kick returns for TD's to inflate that 23.2 average? Including their game at KC? It wasn't the main reason, it was part of it to an extent. What about this season, when he wasn't there? And the game against NE when he was?
Bringing Polamalu into the discussion regarding Berry is ludicrous. Two different players, two different men, from two different walks of life, playing for 2 different teams.
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