The draft's shifting landscape & the fate of Suh and McCoy

Prediction:
The Detroit Lions will select Eric Berry with the #2 overall pick in the 2010 Draft, regardless of what the Rams do.

You’re right, the landscape IS shifting……..or, more precisely, the perception of the landscape by those on the outside. McCoy and Suh seem less likely now, and Berry more likely. The moves continue in that direction, and away from Suh and McCoy, who some say don’t fit Gunther’s 2-gap blitzing 4-3 with it’s “GIANT DT’s”, especially after McCoy’s poor Combine performance. Eric Berry had a good Combine, and still looks like a PERFECT FIT for the Lions’ D as well as possibly the BPA……“BPA that FITS”, as Schwartz likes to say.

GM Martin Mayhew got another steal, similar to the Roy Williams trade. 320 LB DT Corey Williams is a disruptive size/agility mismatch who had 7 sacks in 2006 AND 6 sacks in 2007, when he played in GB’s 4-3 (Jonathan Babineaux led ALL NFL DT’s in 2009 with 6 sacks…..40th overall, after 38 DE’s/OLB’s, and 1 ILB). The last 2 years he was uncomfortable as a DE in Cleveland’s 3-4.

The handwriting is on the wall, but the so-called “experts” are stubbornly clinging to the Suh and McCoy hype, living in denial as their tone sounds ever more desperate. But the draft isn’t a popularity contest. Schwartz is a smart guy with a background as a scout. He’ll make the smart picks, not the hyped ones. The media can’t shove the wrong player down Schwartz’s throat.

I’m ordering my Eric Berry Jersey.