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Originally Posted by Anyong Bluth
All true, but so far down my list of priorities or worries about the Chiefs, I just can't find any emotional spark to care. I would guess he's going to sign in the next few days, likely will be ready to go for the 3rd preseason game, which is the dress rehearsal for the starters, and still going to have 3+ weeks of practice before the opener.
If he wasn't a proven vet, who knows the defense like the back of his hand, and a guy who everyone knows keeps himself in top shape with a great work ethic, I could maybe be a bit more ticked about the circumstances.
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Apart from health issues (and it's a definite concern that gets worse the longer he sits out), the issue isn't with Berry's grasp of the defense, its with everyone else's.
Like I said, without Sean Smith mauling guys on the other side of Peters, this defense is going to have to do things differently. How much differently remains to be seen, but it's important to have the 'quarterback' of your secondary in there to know exactly how that's going to work.
If it takes the secondary a couple of weeks to gel, time that we won't have Houston for, that's a problem. If we're extremely lucky, the DL and the offense can cover for it, but it's whistling pass the graveyard to act like Berry's going to show up and this secondary is just going to hum like he'd been here all off-season. It just doesn't work that way.