Your expectations for Eric Berry's (hopeful) return
 

It sounds like the Chiefs are expecting EB to practice next week (though that doesn't necessarily mean he'll actually play in a game yet). Just thought it'd be interesting to check the pulse of ChiefsPlanet in terms of expectations.

I don't expect him to make a meaningful impact. Even if he has the surgery in the off-season it could mean another torn Achilles.

Super. Bowl. Champs.

Hopefully it's even 1% better than Sorenson's effect after returning. Dan wasn't;t that great to begin with but he's super meh now.

He'll never have a meaningful impact on a game again.

That's kind of where I'm at. I don't expect Berry to ever play at a pro bowl level again, but his smarts are good enough to be better than Sorensen and Parker at least. I went with "make a minor difference in the playoffs" personally.

Well, that's what happens when we have it out guarding receivers one on one on outside coverage. Sorenson will benefit big time from berry coming back.

This is doable.



If he can play then he is going make a big impact.

I know every other team we face are scared of Berry return and the playoff contention teams don't want him back.

The big impact is his on the field leadership getting guys in position where they need to be to make plays.


I think his presence will boost Houston the most and energize this defense.

Injured, bone-spurred cancer-ridden non-practicing Eric Berry is still at least 50% better than our current safeties.

I expect him to be carted off

I agree. The only question I have is for how long? I can see him being an upgrade, but can he stay healthy?

A Phylis interception for a pick 6

I mean, has there been any new of Berry even working out? While he was getting his cancer treatments, he had famously never stopped working out and had regressed very little during that year.

Any news of similar conditioning upkeep? Hopefully he doesn't look below the sweatsuit like he does in the beard/hair.

He makes the key play in the SB and is forever a KC icon.

I can't remember for sure which player it was, but I definitely remember listening to an interview with a player (maybe Tyreek?) who said that EB has been working out with them all season.

EDIT: It was Dee Ford.

Play a few downs and have a season ending injury

He better be a freaking beast for the amount of money he is making.

Darryl Strawberry has a better chance of playing this season for the CHIEFS

IF he plays. Minor to zero difference. Too much youth on the team, brokendick vets will struggle in comparison.

Tough scene.

YES!!!!!

Nothing really, but not expecting to see him.

Love the guy but I’m ready to move on.

If he'll take the shots he'll be an upgrade.

If he can stay healthy I think he'll be rusty then gradually get better and come playoff time be close to what he once was. Dudes a baller....

Re-injure himself then retire

We need him to be able to cover these guys:

Eric Ebron
Vance McDonald
Rob Gronkowski
Jesse James

If he can do that and help in run support, he might get a chance to hoist the Lombardi.

It was the Dee Ford interview

Ah, yes, that's right. Thanks.

I don't care what fans think I just hope the team doesn't count on this that much.
Almost 2 full years of not playing is going to show he's human. If he comes back great but you're good without him. Don't pin hopes on this let it just be a bonus.

hes going to running around all over the field making plays and laying big hits..

he'll be ready. . i think our success (9-2 record) and the type of injured allowed him to be patient. .

when hes on the field he'll bring it. .

if im on offense id be scared of a fresh Eric Berry in week 13 or 14. .

My heart says he will make a difference, my head says he won't finish the season and will rupture the second achilles tendon due to lack of actual playing time.

Unless this was a scripted "cancer survivor returns from the ashes to lead KC to first SB in 49 years" narrative...I fully expect Berry to be another plaque hung on the infamous "what if" wall of Chief's ineptitude.

This

All those Haglund T-shirts will sell like hotcakes, i'm investing now.

He'll keep playing cheerleader, collect his sb ring, get cut, then sign with the faid next year.

He’s going to come back with a vengeance and shut all his haters up!! He’ll have a family reunion in Georgia when we are representing the AFC in the Super Bowl! Then he’s going to be pimping the Cadilac he wins for game MVP while saying “keep doubting me Mother****ers!”

Zero expectations. If he plays well one game, the tendonitis may return and he'll sit two. Who knows? Until Berry gets surgery, the tendonitis will be an issue.

I have no clue.

I think he'll come back and play but who knows how long he'll last. Could come back and be a solid contributor or last for a quarter.

I'm 50/50

I sincerely *hope* that he plays and that he plays at a high level. Unfortunately, I don;t think it’s going to happen. Time will tell and I hope to hell that I’m wrong... :(

He’s going to get all the Escalades for our Super Bowl win.

If he can get through practice this week I think he'll be a major factor, especially in the red zone and cleaning up the run defense.

If he can't, waste of time.

Extremely low

Tears his labia in practice. Out for the year.

I hope the NFL has queued-up/scripted a Rocky style ending where the Chiefs screaming our version of "Adrian, ADRIAN", somebody has to cut the swelling above our eye, but we, bloodied to a pulp, seeing out of one eye deliver a punch in the final round for a SB victory.

He'll come in make a big play then have a season ending injury.

Do you really think just because there haven’t been reports of his working out (outside of the Dee Ford interview) that he likely hasn’t been? The guy worked out during cancer treatment but he’s been sitting on his ass drinking beer for the last several months knowing that he might get another shot to play again this season on a run to the Super Bowl?

His comeback from cancer was a major news story for the Chiefs and the NFL and the leakage/release of those workout stories would make sense to help with the feel-good factor around it. Incredibly different situation.

I think the fact that he came back from cancer and did so quickly should make people more optimistic regarding his impact over the remainder of the season, but it seems most people here aren’t giving him any credit for that.

Time will tell, but in my view the bar is very low given our safety play.

As I said before, I think he'll be an upgrade, but for how long. I'm going to go with GloryDayz's scenario and the team will win one for the Berryier (see the 1940 classic "Knute Rockne,All-American" if you don't get the reference).

I really believe our record is what has kept Berry out. If he was really bad off he would have been placed on IR. There hasnt been a need to rush him back, and extra recovery time is going to be a positive.

Couple games to get his rust knocked off and his wind back, and he willl be a beast for us in the playoffs.

Yeah, hes making a ton of money, and we want to see him out there, but if holding him out longer, and all but guaranteeing a healthy Eric Berry for a superbowl push gets it done, then its all worth it.

Everyone shitting on Berry seems to easily forget what a game changer he is. He put us over the top against the Panthers, and Falcons in his comeback year, and then completely shut down Gronk in the opener in which we destroyed the pats before getting hurt.

Berry is a beast, and will impact our defense in a big way.

The story we're hearing is that he really wants to play, but medically can't. Are you suggesting that you think he could play, but is saving himself? If he could have played but optionally missed, and we could realistically be 11-0, then I'd be rather angry.

You gotta ask yourself this question.


Eric Murray

or

Haglund's deformity Eric Berry

?

Who would you want on the field come playoffs?

When they realized he had this in pre-season they should have want in and shaved that born spur off. Even if it was a 8-12 week recovery, we'd have still been better off.

I was somewhat disheartened to learn Berry was actually playing in our 45-44 playoff loss to the Colts.

I can't wait until Berry does something heroic in a game and it comes to be known as "The Haglund Maneuver"

Prepare to be DEFORMED!

They’d have to manually tear the Achilles in order to shave the bone down, thus his season would have ended in that scenario.

He is a significant upgrade. Baring any significant injury to the rest of the team this makes the Chiefs SB favorites.

Dear Eric Berry;

Shit or get off the pot already.

Sincerely,

Chiefs Fans

hmm, don't know if that would be better or not. Yes, his season would be over but he's constantly had it bothering him and it's not like it'll improve.

He should be a minimal upgrade (Hell, a dead possum placed on the 50 yard line would be an upgrade over our current starters) but I don't expect him to be all that good after almost 2 years of non-action. I honestly expect him to come up injured in the first 1-2 games back. :shrug:

At least the starters are playing and not taking up a roster spot as dead weight for close to 2 years.

I say he practices light but then I don't think he plays til wk 16 or 17.

But who knows...guess that will the be 1st 2nd 3rd - 100th question on everyone's mind once Chiefs practice resumes next Mon and he gets out onto the field and tests his foot out.

Frustratingly the Chiefs will probably be as cliche and beat around the bush as they can possibly be, without really answering anything.

I certainly wouldn't think the Chiefs would trot Berry out there 1st game back being a playoff game. That's a disaster waiting to happen. I would think the Chiefs would want a couple warm up games to get him back into the swing of things, get out on the field w/ the other guys, build whatever chemistry he can etc.

What if we still get the 1 seed and he is ready to go for the playoffs? Will you be ok with how things played out?

I went with Option 2. Just too pessimistic about him at this point. I'm afraid that if he does play, he's going to break again.

Would be thrilled to be proven wrong.

If recent history is any indication, Berry will come back only to reinjure himself in his first game back.

If I found out he could have been playing, no. At least not without some very honest explanation.

I don't like "ifs" with this team.

Went with minor upgrade, I'm obviously hoping for more... but the way things have went with him the last couple years, dont try and guilt trip me for being skeptical

Ok. I get that. Hypothetically if we finish with the 1 seed without him and medical professionals told you him sitting out increased his chances of lasting through the playoffs would that change anything?

I know I'm proposing best case scenario to defend Berry here but when I look at this, since it hasn't played out fully, the above is a possibility. Until it isn't I'm not gonna get too angry.

If we lose HFA then I'll start to change my tune, very much so if we lose on the road.

Happy the non-Haglunds got us to the playoffs and got us HFA, sure I'd be happy. In fact I'd be thrilled! And if Haglund comes back and tears it up (however that's defined [kanda subjective]), I'd be happy too. But I would sure want to know why they kept it a secret, which is why I'm pretty sure they'd never do that, even if true.

If we lose HFA, go into NE or Pitt and lose to Tom or Ben and their band of zebras, do you go off on Haglund? Not that Tom or Ben won't bring their zebras with them, look no further than last year's raping of the Chiefs in Arrowhead, but I think it's a little tiny bit harder.

I think he should stay home and nurse his owie.
He can be part of this championship by default and live with the fact that he added no value this year

I will be expecting pick sixes all day every day

You think last year was deliberate? Why would the league favor TEN over us? Tripplett is just an awful ref that got a reward by the league to ref that game. Reckless and unacceptable by the league, yes. Intentionally trying to let TEN win, I don't see why the possibly would want that. Nobody looked forward to the TEN vs. NE game.

I think rusty 2 games then great through AFC champ where he again gets hurt. SB will be shootout

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Berry's gonna come back and grape.

I'm still sick about the TEN game. Probably because I'm with you when it comes to the "why" part, but I definitely think Triplette is/was more than an incompetent ****. He's certainly a ****er, there's no denying that, but I don't know what he has against the Chiefs. But I 100% think he did. I think he was dirty, very dirty.

I'll say again, even now, nothing too bad can happen to that ****ing piece of shit.

when do the Chiefs go back to practice?

the only game in recent history that i havent watched the highlights after. .

that one hurt too much

not only the bad calls..the complete inability to stop the RB..the self TD that Revis gifted them..its all too painful