Quote:
Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry
I have him ranked #2 behind Suh. And watching the Steelers and Ravens struggle this year with Polomaulu and Reed hurt, and not to mention Patriots have slipped since Harrison retired shows safety is pretty important these days.
|
I agree a safety is important, even if we do draft this kid and he turns out to be special, great. Im all for it. However, to fix this defense, it is going to involve more than just a safety. You could take either a Polamalu or Ed Reed prototype and throw them on a Chiefs defense. The defense will improve, but it wont be good enough to compete at a high level. The reason I say that, is, this team defense lacks a foundation. They don't have a NT, nor any Ilbs, or any elite passrushers?
And when the time comes to play opposing offenses with a good safety, What do you think the opposition is going to do? All the opposition is going to do is exploit the teams area of weakness and not attack their strengths but their weaknesses. And we do know that happens a majority of the time when teams play each other in the NFL.
To fix this defense its almost as if its going to involve major reconstructive surgery. Lets not forget, when other team defenses like Pittsburgh, Baltimore and New England were performing at a high level they had all the foundations in place with a good safety to top it off. It really just boils down to having all the necessary components that make a good defense.
*But, the positive is, Berry would be a step in the right direction. Its going to take one step at a time.