Why The Chiefs Should Draft Eric Berry

The Draft is almost here 16 days infact. Theres still alot of mystery and debate about who the Chiefs should draft. Pundits say the Chiefs need to fix the offensive line Russell Okung? Bryan Bulaga? Why would a team draft another left tackle with the 5th pick when there are other elite prospects still on the board? It should be pointed out this is the same offensive line that only gave up six sacks the last eight games. Branden Albert shutdown pro bowler and NFL sack leader Elvis Dumervil the last game of the season. The reason why the Chiefs offensive line struggled last year at times is obvious, the first part of the season Branden Albert was playing at a smaller weight and was getting over powered. Toward the end of the year when Albert put on his orginal playing weight the line started to improve, also change at right guard, of course Jamaal Charles helped out the oline too.


The Chiefs have a plethora of other needs but no other position was as abysmal as the secondary position specifically the safety position which mostly looked old, slow, and medicore at best. What would help out the secondary? A good pass rush? There are no pass rushers in the draft worth the 5th pick. A dominating D-line? The Chiefs have spent plenty of picks on defensive linemen they need a nose tackle however there are none that can play the nose tackle position that are worth the 5th pick. How bout the safety position? Winner. Eric Berry a 5'11 203 ILB safety from Tennessee accumulated 241 tackles and 14 ints in just three seasons at Tennessee.
The Chiefs ranked 31st aginst the run last year alot of that can be credited to guys like Mike Brown who missed takcles or weren't in position to make tackles because lack of speed. Berry will help aginst the run game he's an elite tackler that can play in the box. Berry will also be effective aginst the pass he's got ball hawking skills and would be one of the few in the league who matches up well aginst the likes of Antoino Gates who had 12 catches and 2 touchdowns vs the Chiefs last year.

Another argument is safeties aren't worth a top 5 pick while that might have been true in years past the evolution of three and four wide recievers have changed that. Safeties that can cover and play aginst the run are essential to a good defense. Troy Polamlu, Darren Sharper, Ed Reed are all good examples of why the Chiefs should draft Eric Berry.