Everyone knows how deep this year's draft is at the safety position, and everybody knows the two most coveted safeties are Tennessee's Eric Berry and Texas' Earl Thomas.
What everybody is finding out in these last few hours leading up to the draft is that there could be a bloody battle between two NFC East rivals for one of those two top-tier DBs.
SI.com's Peter King and Don Banks both have the Philadelphia Eagles trading up to acquire Miami's 12th overall pick so that they can grab either Berry or Thomas, and that's what King theorized yesterday right here: http://pwr.com/2A2, even though in his own mock draft he had the Eagles taking Georgia Tech DE Derrick Morgan.
But now Pro Football Talk is citing reports by the Washington Post and ESPN pointing to the Washington Redskins targeting Berry over offensive tackle Trent Williams with the No. 4 overall pick in the first round. PFT's ever evolving rumor mill had this as it's top story about 40 minutes ago but it has since been moved down to No. 3: http://pwr.com/2A3
Yes, I have graduated from entering real long URL's as links to these smaller ones in order to make it easier on your eyes.
Suffice it to say, we will see a lot of strategic chess and poker maneuvers taking place between now and the end of this draft, after which I will help each and every one of you feel just as lost as I am when it's all said and done.
AK
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