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Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower
I was going off Pest's duality.
Either they're going to keep Berry in his current role, which -I'll Q myself here (and aggravate a ****ton of posters here)- isn't worth extending him if he's just going to be a box safety in my opinion, OR they move him to FS which at least one poster has suggested will happen based off of the scheme Sutton used in the playoff game.
If they're rolling with the first option of keeping him as a rover then I'd say only re-sign him if he's willing to be paid less than his All Pro and PB resume suggests.
If they're going with the second, then you have to believe drafting yet another safety is in the cards to either backup Berry in the event he's not able to easily transition to the free, to find a guy able to replace Berry's role from 2010-2013 in case Hussain Abdullah isn't able to, or to hedge both of the aforementioned options as well as replace Sanders Commings if he's permanently broken.
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Wait, what?
Why in the world would a player who's in his prime and widely regarded as one of the best, if not the best, at his position re-sign for less than what his All Pro/PB resume suggests? That is disrespectful towards the player and not grounded in reality whatsoever.
And why do people keep calling him "An in the Box Safety"? That's so ignorant. Just because he's great at playing in the box that doesn't mean he's only an in the box safety.
You guys are devaluing him far too much because you're treating his role as if he were Bernard Pollard when that couldn't be further from the truth. He's not All Pro because he's "Just an in the box safety".
He's All Pro not only because he is a phenomenal tackler @ 210lbs, but also because he has the Range to play deep coverage, he has tremendous ball skills and is a threat to take any INT to the house, which he has displayed over and over again, he can blitz the QB and get the sacks, he can cover TE's, he brings a swagger to the defense and read and diagnose plays.
You're not paying him top coin because he's a great in the box safety, you're paying him top coin because he can do anything and everything you ask him to do very, very well. You're paying him for his versatility and ability to adapt to any scheme and any role he's required to play.
You don't simply let players like that walk.