Positives: He shows adequate quickness to drop and get to his set point. He is an accurate short-area passer whose throws seem to lose velocity and zip when he has to toss the ball on the move … He does throw a catchable ball on slants and crossing patterns … Berlin played with much better awareness and cut down on his interception rate in 2004 compared to the previous season … He developed better touch on his short throws, especially on fade routes and screens … He is at his best when allowed to sit in the pocket, make proper reads and step up to make throws … He showed improvement looking off his primary target to find his secondary receivers in 2004, showing good accuracy inside the hashes on underneath tosses. Negatives: Berlin is a shorter-than-ideal quarterback with adequate muscle development, decent timed speed and short arms … Berlin is a classic drop-back passer who seems to lose his poise and play with poor instincts when pressured … When he has to go long, his receivers will generally have to adjust in their routes or work back for the ball, as it seems to die in flight … When he is pressured, Berlin will bail out and scramble at the first flash of a pass rush and his lack of accuracy throwing on the move will usually get him into trouble … When he has to hit his receivers along the perimeter, he does not do a great job of timing those throws … As a senior, he was so conscious of throwing the ball into traffic that he sometimes held on to the ball too long waiting for the route to develop, resulting in costly sacks and fumbles … Ball security has been an issue with Berlin, as he has fumbled 16 times over the last two years … While he possesses good timed speed and will buy time rolling out of the pocket, he is not the type of player that can cause a defense any damage by running with the ball … This is strictly a drop-back quarterback with marginal size and adequate arm strength.
