Eric Berry talks optimistically about staying in KC.
 

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/nfl...-RelayMediaAMP

Really good audio of Berry talking about his contract negotiations.

This guy isn't going anywhere.

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Talk is cheap !!! Let's see a deal get done SON!!!!

Man Eric, don't do us like that. . .

'yeah, looking back the playoffs came down to a difference of just a few points, and we need to learn that those things are important.'

Yeah bruh, if you want to win you have to score more points than the other guys.

Translation:

My offense sucks balls and needs help.

Then don't be greedy and take all the cap space so something can be done to provide that help to the offense.

I've grown optimistic.

I really do think Dorsey is going to pull the Bowe/Albert 2.0 on this, and sign up Berry while tagging Poe.

Of course Berry isn't going anywhere.

Either the Chiefs sign him to a long term contract by tomorrow or they put the franchise tag on him and he eventually plays (i.e. in September, i.e. when the regular season begins) under the franchise tag for $13 million next season.

It is easy for Berry to say now he won't play for the franchise tag again, but no way he is passing up $13 million by sitting out next season.

Hopefully it won't come to that and he and the Chiefs will work out a long term deal.

Exactly right.. and that goes for any player on the team that is set to make eight figures per year.

I can sympathize for the guys that are playing on rookie/cheap ass contracts that deserve far more.. players that earn a mil or less per that want to secure some future for their families.

That said, guys assured to make 7+ mil per year... allegedly love their team and location.. and want to win SBs.. for them to grind out every extra dime for their own greed and egos? Yeah... :facepalm:

Word.

You are incredibly ignorant.

Yeah, greedy bastards.

Nevermind how much their paying in taxes and how much theyre actually seeing.

**** them, amirite

You have a lot to learn about the NFL and the players mindset.

Yeah...or the fact that as soon as that big contract they signed allows the team to cut them with little dead money....they're ****ing gone. ****ing greedy ass players. **** them.

not about learning.. it's about accepting.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Would be stunned if Chiefs don&#39;t have Eric Berry locked up by franchise deadline. Sides very close on a 6yr deal worth massive $13M/year</p>&mdash; Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonLaCanfora/status/836625461119692800">February 28, 2017</a></blockquote>
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$13M a year? I'll take that.

Damn! 13 mil! Berry just had to be a fugging asshole.

Done sooner rather than later hopefully. 6 years is a longer deal than I thought it would be.

$13 mil per year is completely fine with me. One of your 2-3 best players and the heart of the team.

I was worried it might be $15M or something.

6 year deal at 13 per is probably more like 4 year at 8 or 9 per.

If this goes down, and we tag Poe, $13.6 million for DT's, several guys aren't going to be Chief's come tomorrow afternoon.

Bet they added a 6th year to the deal so they can make the 1st year hit even lower than before, like $5 million or even less.

They might actually try to tag Poe.

I swear, the 'athletes should take a hometown discount' narrative is so f**king ignorant.

What would you do if someone was offering you 150% of whatever you currently make? That's what Berry would have gotten if the Chiefs held him to a measly and disrespectful $9M per year offer.

No safety had a bigger impact on their team in a positive way than Berry has had the past two years.

This reminds me of the Bowe/Albert situation a few years back... Dorsey working to nail this Berry deal and slap the tag on Poe. But how? I know there are ways to make the money work, but do we really need Poe on the hook for $13M this year?

I don't like greed. Berry is very rich man already and he was treated very well when he got sick but instead of being grateful and helping us keep a good team on the field the field with the cap he ****ed us. I can't stand Brady but he takes less to help his team because he has a lot and has said so publicly. Berry should have done the same for us. Instead he acted like T.O.

If they're going to tag him....then I hope they transition tag him.

Gisele plays a big part in that.... not to mention, Brady is the greatest QB of all time. Making loads of cash off of endorsements and ads anymore. Berry is making his hay on the field and as far as I know doesn't have an even richer wife.

Brady also has a wife that is far wealthier than he is. This is nonsense. The guy is doing exactly what any rational human being would do. If somebody offered me more money to do the same job i do now elsewhere, i would, even if it was only 20k more. These players are not connected to a team simply because they were drafted by them. KC is not his "hometown" This argument is invalid.

Cap rise + Foles dropped option=$17 million. That should be enough with what we already have to keep Berry/Poe next year.

I can never really trust OTC but being the only thing we have to go off of, they have us at about $5 million in cap space. But, they project it to be a $173 million cap, which is reportedly too high. It's more likely to be $168-169M which puts us right against it.

They'd almost have to restructure a couple of guys to make this work. Maclin is a candidate. Maybe DJ and Hali will cut back given their situations.

We are letting Poe walk.

The Deal is Done..

I don't think Berry will be signed. He's asking too much !

NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Tuesday that the Pro Bowl backstop has agreed to a new deal with Kansas City worth $78 million over six years with $40 million in guarantees, per sources.

It's bullshit ! He won't resign here !

Hey look; three morons!

Premium players get premium pay. I wouldn't expect any of you three to be able to recognize talent though; you've proven that inability since 2013.