Adding defense to offense

Adding defense to offenseDec 4, 2017; Cincinnati, OH, USA; Cincinnati Bengals defensive tackle Andrew Billings (99) against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Paul Brown Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports

Posted By: County Sports Network March 21, 2020

ADDING DEFENSE TO OFFENSE

By STEVE KING

Andrew Berry continues to impress.

After outfitting the offense with three key players as free agency began, the new Browns executive vice president of football administration and general manager is now stocking the defense mostly, but also the special teams with a returner.

It’s still to be determined if any of these signings on either side of the ball, or the trade to get fullback Andy Janovich, will work out. It’s only March, for goodness sake, and the answer to that may not be revealed until nine months from now, in late December, as the regular season is winding up.

But on paper at least, they make sense. In fact, they make total sense, as there is clearly a plan in place. And, at this early juncture, when the sports world is still focused on March Madness – er, scratch that out – that’s all that you can ask for.

The NFL is driven by offense nowadays. In fact, it has, of course, been that way for some time now. It’s just the way it is. Score more points than the other guys – even if the other guys score a lot of points, too – and you win the game.

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That isn’t going to change anytime soon. The NFL is not stupid. It wants to give the fans what they want, and that’s points, yards and big plays downfield.

After all, the customer is – the customers are – always right.

But the best teams do things to at least slow the opposition down. If that occurs just a little bit, those few points that are being saved could – and often do – mean the difference between winning and losing.

The Browns will, because of these recent signings, be better defensively, but they still have a long way to go. And possibly much of that distance will attempted to be made up in the NFL Draft.

At least that’s what appears to be the case with Andrew Berry.

And, so far, there’s no reason to believe otherwise concerning this young guy.

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