It hasn’t been mentioned much here on ROTB but Bertrand Berry, one of the supposed veteran leaders, has been completely absent from all of the team’s off season activities. Now it’s not uncommon for established veteran players to miss some voluntary workouts from time to time but Berry has skipped out every ‘voluntary’ workout or OTA so far. I’m sure this kind of attendance isn’t how he earned the reputation as a good guy in the locker room and veteran leader, so what gives? So far he joins the company of Anquan Boldin and Darnell Dockett as the only guys (outside of two rookies who can’t report till after graduation) who’ve skipped out on every ‘voluntary’ activity so far this off season.

I haven’t heard or read anywhere that he’s rehabbing some kind of injury and even if he is, can’t he do that at the team’s facilities? Isn’t that essentially what Kurt Warner and Kenny Iwebema are doing? Surely he’s not unhappy with the contract that he just signed a couple of months ago, but maybe he wanted a longer term deal considering the concessions that he made last off season. Any one else heard rumors as to why he’s staying away?

The only real mention I can find that ventures a guess to his absence is this from Darren Urban:

The roster was nearly complete out for the voluntary work. Other than the rookies that aren’t allowed to be here, the absent continue to be Boldin, Darnell Dockett and Bertrand Berry. As far as I can tell, Berry simply wants to work out on his own. I’m a little surprised he doesn’t look like he will be coming at all, but again — always have to have the caveat — it’s voluntary.