I thought I recalled being in staunch opposition to signing Berry to the deal he ultimately received...
Some excerpts.
https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/show...ighlight=Berry
Eric Berry signs 6-year, $78m extension
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After the LDT contract, this is all just fucking whatever to me. Sign checks to whomever. Let's go be dogshit for 10 more years.
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You don't spend that kind of money on safeties. Corners. Pass Rushers. Quarterbacks. Tackles. Those are your money guys. I seriously don't think Berry is worth it. Not even a bit. But eh... its whatever.
Until this team does get a franchise QB, I really don't give a fuck either way. Alex is shit and until that changes, the results will be shit. Give Berry 100 million, won't change shit.
https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/show...=Berry&page=25
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I've did some thinking about Eric Berry. I just don't think Eric Berry is good enough to be afforded the top contract at the position. I also don't think Mathieu deserved such a hefty contract, and his borders on ridiculous, but he also plays alot of nickle corner for the Cards.
I do however, realize that you have to pay the man and he is one of the better safeties in the game. He's fully within the top 20 in the game against the pass, and top 10 when you look at his overall game versus the run and the pass. I want to say he was tied for 8th in pass breakups by a safety this year and tied for 31st in tackles.
But the point remains, Eric Berry is not the best safety in the game. Do you pay him as such? That's a difficult pill to swallow. His game most closely resembles Devin McCourty, and New England paid him pretty well. If you extrapolate McCourty's values over two years of 8% cap inflation, you come up with about 55.4 million w/ 25.7 guaranteed. If you do the same with Harrison Smith's contract over 1 year of 8% cap inflation, you come up with 55.4 million w/16.5 guaranteed.
So, if I had to expect what the market should dictate regarding Berry, it's $55.4 m and somewhere around 21 m guaranteed. Those numbers are a bit worrisome anyhow, with Berry turning 28 and approaching the twilight years. I think, if I'm John Dorsey, I have a number in mind where I think I can replace a good portion of what Berry does for a significantly lower number. The only thing I can't replace is the leadership, but when leaders leave others step up. I think 55/21 would be my absolute limit. I'm not approaching 12, 13, 14 million per.
After much reflection, I'm not of the opinion that Berry is a HOF player nor should he be the highest paid safety in the league.
I'm no NFL GM, but like NFL GMs, I also realize this is a business. Signing Berry to a lucrative contract is bad business. I think 55/21 as a target number is already conceding a bit on the guy.
I guess we'll see what transpires.
One hopes the Chiefs aren't dumb enough to give a safety, who isn't even the best in the game, top CB money.
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That's why I call him kcoldcrow. Drunk ass takes.
Homers...
Eric Berry is the greatest of all-time, HOFer, and noone can say anything else to the contrary.
Eric Berry isn't as good as people around Chiefs' Kingdom make him out to be. He's a good player, but he's not great and he isn't the best in the league at what he does.
Watch Landon Collins play, then get back to me. Harrison Smith is better. There are better players at his position. Why the fuck on Earth would you give a guy TOP CB money to play safety when he's just inside the top-10.
I mean, is it attachment syndrome? Is it that you just want the Chiefs to sign him because you like him? I could be on board with signing guys just because I like them, but I sure wouldn't hope for extended winning because that cap fucks a team with underperforming, aging players.
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How did they not do him a massive favor? They didn't have to pay Berry. They could have chosen to pay an x% of his salary. Instead, they paid Berry his full 8 million. That's a franchise doing something they didn't have to for a player. Maybe it was a kindness favor and one they likely "should" have done, but it's a huge favor none-the-less.
You do realize that Berry hasn't really "earned" about 16 million so far with the Chiefs due to injury and cancer?
Either way, I don't think Berry is worth a dime over 10 m per and the Chiefs should stick to it or let his ass walk.
and this entire thread was just a beacon of my rage (it's not something I'm particularly proud of but man did I disagree with seemingly everyone at that time)...
https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/show...t=Berry&page=4
Point is, I was on board with letting Berry walk then and I'm on board with cutting his ass now. What I saw written then is, in large part, what I see written now. The same people arguing about needing to keep him because he's such a game changer when he's here, etc. I want guys that affect games every week. Maybe they aren't as good as Eric Berry in some facets, and maybe they aren't as complete a player, but dag nabbit, they're fucking healthy.
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