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Originally Posted by Three7s
I agree. I enjoy watching Berry play, and he's certainly one of the better safeties in the league, but $10 mil a year for an above average safety? No thanks. He doesn't make enough game-changing plays to get that kind of coin.
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Since we're apparently better off without him, I'm in the let-him-walk-if-he-ever-plays-again camp.
But this notion just isn't really correct. At his peak, he definitely changed games. During the 2013 season, his best as a pro, he basically neutralized every TE we faced all season long. You could see it in the stat sheet as well. No team was better at defending the TE that year except the Bills, and you can attribute nearly 100% of that success to Berry given our scheme and his responsibilities.
There were also times when you could see the guy was out there busting his ass, obviously one of our best defenders. The 2010 playoff game against the Ravens is one example.
I've also broken down turnover rates for Berry and Earl Thomas, as so many love to do here. Over the length of their careers, Earl Thomas averages like 1.2 more INTs per
season than Berry.