What would you do? Roll that over to next year and pay Poe with a lot of draft picks in 2017?

I'd have approached him earlier about a deal before I tagged him, if he was dead set on what he wanted, I'd have not tagged him, looked at other safety options and moved on.

It was reported this morning that if the Chiefs rescinded the tag, no team would pay Berry even close to the $10.8 million dollar tag number.

Rescind the tag.

Maybe.

But let's say you're sitting on a trust fund. And as part of that trust fund, if you work for 3 more years, you'll pretty much never have to work another day in your life and you'll live in pretty much unparalleled luxury wherever you choose to go.

Would you rather work with your friends or would you rather make another 10%? Knowing full well that your taken care of whether you get that extra 10% or not.

That's why I don't think this has anything to do with money. If I were sitting on $60 million (essentially the ability to spend $100,000/mo until I die) and a vested NFL pension which would put me in the top 3% of income earners on its own, I'd rather play with my buddies than make a few more dollars. I'd rather stay where I'm comfortable; where I know the staff, the coaches, the town.

And I think most would do the same. I think his pride is wounded here because honestly, I just can't quite wrap my head around the alternative, which is just 'Scrooge McDuckian' greed - greed for greed's sake.

Well, that's kind of difficult to pull off when the owner states publicly that he wants Berry has a life long Chief.

Hunt screwed Dorsey's leverage.

Where was this reported??

Said it 2 weeks ago - that's exactly what I'd do.

Eh, maybe. I dunno how much they'd take that into account.

If they pull it, can the Chiefs engage in market discussions with him?

Right now they can't agree to a LTC, but if they yank the tag and cast him out in the market, wouldn't that seem to put them back in the mix as he's a UFA at that point.

It makes all the sense in the world. I suspect they're just waiting to get through a few practices - maybe a pre-season game - to see what they have.

Pull the tag, let him test the market. Give him your best offer and see if he can or can't find better. If not, the market just negotiated for you

No way. I almost guarantee you that a team like the Browns, 49ers or Titans would pay him that.

****, dj technically said it first but I think I typed it first

If we rescind the tag, Berry is gone. Not paying him what he wants and then rescinding his $11 million guaranteed? You wouldn't want to stay after that either

I brought that up yesterday. I believe that if they pull the tag.....that they would be able to work on a deal with him because he'd be an UFA.

I'd say the bridge is burned anyway so yeah, he's probably gone