Study: Troy Polamalu worth 11.2 points per game

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I'm all for taking Berry because he has a chance to be one of the great players taken from the draft, and there aren't any pass rushers of that caliber out there. Everybody's fallen in love with safeties... it's really important, but I'd still put it #2 behind pass rush. We should take Berry because he's the best player, not because we "have" to have a safety.

All of those recent Super Bowl teams had safeties, but pass rush is still more important. It's what allowed the Giants to control the best offensive team in recent history two years ago. I think having that Freeney/Harrison/Ware type pass rusher is the #1 priority.

Yeah, a guy like Dawkins has helped the Broncos, someone to make people pay for their mistakes. But I think the bigger factor is Dumervil's become one of the league's elite pass rushers.