Lemme give this a try. Here's 25 better receivers than Berrian:
Boldin, Anquan
Bowe, Dwayne
Burress, Plaxico
Chambers, Chris
Colston, Marques
Driver, Donald
Edwards, Braylon
Evans, Lee
Fitzgerald, Larry
Harrison, Marvin
Holmes, Santonio
Holt, Torry
Houshmandzadeh, T.J.
Jennings, Greg
Johnson, Andre
Johnson, Calvin
Johnson, Chad
Marshall, Brandon
Moss, Randy
Owens, Terrell
Smith, Steve L.
Walker, Javon
Ward, Hines
Wayne, Reggie
Williams, Roy
Here's a list of 21 guys that are either slightly better/worse or about the same as Berrian:
Brown, Reggie
Bruce, Isaac
Clayton, Mark
Coles, Laveranues
Cotchery, Jerricho
Crayton, Patrick
Engram, Bobby
Galloway, Joey
Givens, David
Henderson, Devery
Henry, Chris
Horn, Joe
Jenkins, Michael
Jurevicius, Joe
Kennison, Eddie
McCardell, Keenan
Moss, Santana
Porter, Jerry
Stallworth, Donte'
Welker, Wes
White, Roddy
I'm ignoring the salaries of the players on the first list because Berrian's not in their class. I'm also ignoring all players that are on their rookie contracts. That leaves only these guys for a comparison:
Bruce, Isaac
Clayton, Mark
Coles, Laveranues
Engram, Bobby
Galloway, Joey
Givens, David
Horn, Joe
Jenkins, Michael
Jurevicius, Joe
Kennison, Eddie
McCardell, Keenan
Moss, Santana
Porter, Jerry
Stallworth, Donte'
Welker, Wes
White, Roddy
Total average salary for these players (excluding signing bonus but including other bonuses) is $2.63 million.
It's difficult to find a fair comparision to Berrian because some of the players are older or higher draft picks OR actually have a strong NFL resume behind them...but I think the two closest might be Donte Stallworth and Santana Moss. Each of these two players make about $1.9 million.
There's about 180 wide receivers in the NFL and Berrian ranks somewhere in the 40s. That all amounts to a replaceable player that doesn't deserve a big pay day.
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