Pack to trade up to Top 10 ??

[rbaloha1]

This moving-up talk is great. Recall last year that the board classified TT has someone who hordes draft picks and refuses to move up.

Shall not be surprised TT packages veterans and draft picks to acquire a Berry type player.

[RashanGary]

I see Buluga, Berry and Trent Williams as top candidates. Earl Thomas intrigues me too.


Anthony Davis (if there is some information our scouts hold that he's a rock solid guy and a dominant player), Joe Haden and Brandon Graham are other outside shots.

[Tony Oday]

In TT I trust

[swede]

Looking at the Kiper/McShay 4.0 mock Berry is obviously out of the question. It could be reckoned that one of the group of Bulaga, CJ Spiller, or the Texas safety/corner Earl Thomas would still be around at 10.

[Freak Out]

Hell....you could probably trade down and get a fine safety in Allen if that's what you are looking for. Berry is a badass but that's a steep price to pay to trade up that far.

Maybe KC would take our #1 and Hawk or Barnett?

[green_bowl_packer]

Mike Mayock on Path to the Draft the other night liked Earl Thomas better than Berry. Mayock and Casserly were arguing about who was better, Casserly preferred Berry.

Mayock said he watched the tape of Berry the year before Monte Kiffin got there and was moving him closer to the line of scrimmage, where he was more in coverage - and he thought Thomas was the better safety - just had better instincts to make plays on the ball.

Mayock prefaced this with and I'm paraphrasing, "Charlie, I used to play safety in the NFL so I like to think I know what I'm talking about in regards to the safety position."


I'd take either or Spiller.

[red]

A friend of mine would like to see the Pack move up to get Berry.

Is Berry that good?

i watched him a couple times this year to see what the hype was all about

in short, i would say yes, he's that good

he seems to be everywhere on every single play

[swede]

Mike Mayock on Path to the Draft the other night liked Earl Thomas better than Berry. Mayock and Casserly were arguing about who was better, Casserly preferred Berry.

Mayock said he watched the tape of Berry the year before Monte Kiffin got there and was moving him closer to the line of scrimmage, where he was more in coverage - and he thought Thomas was the better safety - just had better instincts to make plays on the ball.

Mayock prefaced this with and I'm paraphrasing, "Charlie, I used to play safety in the NFL so I like to think I know what I'm talking about in regards to the safety position."


I'd take either or Spiller.

That's a good catch there, Green Bowl.

http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=72083&draftyear=2010&genpos=CB

Dang! A lot of the really good D Backs are kind of short this year. I wonder how hard and fast Green Bay is holding to the "tall DB's only" rule.

[swede]

It looks like the Dolphins, with pick 12, are keenly interested in Thomas.

Vaulting up to 10 to jump the Big Tuna and his Phish?

[mission]

I would give up pick #32 from next year to get Berry.

I like your thinking

[pbmax]

I'd be stunned if he trades up for a safety. Which should give hope to those rooting for Berry, I haven't been unconditionally wrong in weeks. I'm due.

[TennesseePackerBacker]

Yes, Berry is that good. I felt like he was the next great safety prospect as a sophomore. Berry projects as more of an FS to me. Sure, he's great against the run and great in the box. But, he's also good enough to play cornerback. The guy really doesn't have a flaw in his game. If the Packers got him i'd be estatic.

[green_bowl_packer]

Monte Kiffin told Eric Berry he'd be a fool to stay in school
Posted by Michael David Smith on March 1, 2010 7:37 PM ET

When Eric Berry was deciding whether to enter the 2010 draft or return for his senior season at Tennessee, one of the people whose opinion he sought was his defensive coordinator last year, the longtime NFL defensive guru Monte Kiffin.

Kiffin told him to go.

"Monte told me I'd be a fool to stay," Berry said.

Although calling a player a "fool" for staying in college might be a bit much, Kiffin was certainly correct in assessing that Berry is ready to play at the next level. Berry is a near lock to be a Top 10 pick (we've got him going fourth overall in our mock draft), and he also has family reasons to make money now, with a father who needs heart surgery.

"I'd really just like him to sit down and enjoy life a little bit, and not have to [work two jobs]" Berry said of his father. "So I just entered the draft to make that situation better."

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/03/01/monte-kiffin-told-eric-berry-hed-be-a-fool-to-stay-in-school/

[vince]

NFP is reporting that Charles Brown is one of the fastest rising players at this late stage "according to league sources." He's now being projected to be drafted "perhaps even by the Buffalo Bills with the ninth overall selection."

I think he is the guy with perhaps the brightest future long-term of this year's tackle class. He reportedly didn't give up a sack all year last year, and has the benefit of going up against the likes of Clay Matthews, Everson Griffin, Brian Cushing, etc. in practice every day.

Here's a Q&A with Brown.

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/USC-offensive-tackle-Charles-Brown-QA.html

[Bretsky]

I hope he is

I keep reading Jerry Hughes is a fast riser and may not last past the Texans now