Eric Berry Released!
 

It's done. The spirit is free. (Don't go towards the light.)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a> have released S Eric Berry. End of an era in KC.</p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1105925136589430784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Chiefs have released Berry with a post-June 1 designation, a source tells me. Means the Chiefs will save around $9.5m on the cap this year and $5.5m next year.</p>&mdash; Terez A. Paylor (@TerezPaylor) <a href="https://twitter.com/TerezPaylor/status/1105926527475163136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Quotes on the release of veteran safety Eric Berry from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a> Chairman and CEO Clark Hunt, head coach Andy Reid, and general manager Brett Veach. <a href="https://t.co/ibDvPWjtQk">pic.twitter.com/ibDvPWjtQk</a></p>&mdash; BJ Kissel (@ChiefsReporter) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChiefsReporter/status/1105925153630969856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Beat me

:clap:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chiefs released five-time Pro Bowl safety Eric Berry. Had Berry been on KC’s roster Friday, $7.25 million of his salary would have become fully guaranteed.</p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1105925081866403845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Wow

Love the person, but not the player.

Best of luck to him.

WELL BYE

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Post June 1?

Post June 1 right?

YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

Chief's Statement:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Quotes on the release of veteran safety Eric Berry from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a> Chairman and CEO Clark Hunt, head coach Andy Reid, and general manager Brett Veach. <a href="https://t.co/ibDvPWjtQk">pic.twitter.com/ibDvPWjtQk</a></p>&mdash; BJ Kissel (@ChiefsReporter) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChiefsReporter/status/1105925153630969856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Sucks it had to end this way, but there was no other option

An all time favorite. But a contract like that with no production....writing was on the wall.

GL Berry. It was a pleasure.

oh, it has to be

Thanks for what you did.

Time to retire and get healty,.


Can I have your 7.5 million?

He was a bad ass player but his health hampered him

HOLY SHIT! IT HAPPENED!

Hey, UChiefyBugger, you can GTFO too

He’s all yours Dorsey.

Garafolo acting like Chiefs were tired of the day to day stuff last year because it was really in Berry’s hands if he played or not—pain management and what not.

Wow this is going to turn out really good or really bad. Couldn't get much worse than we were so I'm all for it!!

Hopefully he can sign on somewhere and be reasonably productive

Yeah that's how i feel about it too.

Sucks to see the ol' dogs like Berry and Houston go out like that. But, Berry made a killing here. He's set for life thanks to the Chiefs.

Sadly had to happen. Was one of my 2 favorite players his time here next to JC. Sad how both of their careers ended here.

So this probably means Honey Badger will be playing all over

I appreciate his time here.....but it is long past time to move on from him. Good luck in the future Hobo.... :clap:

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Not surprised. Good job, Veach.

Here come all the Chiefs fans in the Facebook groups calling the Chiefs "and idiots"...

Berry on line one with the Falcons

Hells yeah!!

Well it seems that if you sign a mega contract you have to know that the cut will come for you some day

Ciao

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Chiefs have released Berry with a post-June 1 designation, a source tells me. Means the Chiefs will save around $9.5m on the cap this year and $5.5m next year.</p>&mdash; Terez A. Paylor (@TerezPaylor) <a href="https://twitter.com/TerezPaylor/status/1105926527475163136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

It was the right move.

No designation? Because he can be released now and designated a June 1st cut.

If I had known that's all it took I would have changed my avatar sooner.

Wonder if we'll ever know the real story of what went on last season.

My banner thread claims its 2nd and final victim.

We has cap space now baby.$$$$$$$$$$$$

Yeah, especially if you only play in 3 games in two years.

After Tyrann was signed, it was over.

And you kinda knew that with the way Veach spoke about it two weeks ago.

"We have a plan for Eric Berry".

That plan is finding his replacement and cutting him.

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Needed to be done. This was a relationship gone bad. Irreconcilable differences. Tainted love.

I'm guessing we had some deal with Berry. He could have gotten surgery, and didn't, which allowed us to cut him.

It’s June 1st guys. Terez said ao

Longest tenured Chief on defense is now Sorenson

These national football guys don't follow the sport very closely. The Berry era basically ended in 2016.

I believe there is something to this. I wouldn't be surprised if he retires honestly.

Fond memories of that rookie season and that 2016 season was super fun but yea needed to be done. Excited for the new defensive change

We have all the dollars

now get Demarcus Lawrence

I hereby award 50 Veachy Power Points for this move.

FAX

I'll be excited when they give us something to be excited about.

Right now we're just looking at the aftermath of a nuke.

No.

I hope it’s over.

I don't hate Berry but the handling of that situation was so bizarre that it left pretty much everyone with a sour puss.

Best of luck, Berry! The good times were definitely good.

I may get flamed for this, but chronic pain is sometimes psychological. Berry has certainly been through hell and back that's for sure.

That said, at least the Chiefs handled it in a relatively classy way.

Perfect example of why people should never assume anything a coach or GM says about players as the reality.

Remember when eid said Berry was in their plans a few weeks ago and this place lost it?

Well they did a big video and promotion of his return. Then when he went back out again I guess they dropped him from all promotional materials. That was the point you knew they weren't thrilled.

By the end of the year it sure felt like Berry and Houston were just playing out their contracts w/o much fire. Although Houston rallied at the end of the year. But that kind of attitude is going to infect other players on the D. Players know when someone is just going through the motions and saying the right things vs. someone who is killing themselves to win a ring.

Sorenson is the heart and soul of that defense now!!

hated to see him go out the way he did here. Could have been one of the greatest if it weren't for injuries and cancer and last season we just didn't know what the hell was going on.

How many dollars do we have now?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Eric Berry held $14.95M of dead cap this year. If that’s all take in 2019, it represents a cap savings of $1.55M for the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a>. If he’s designated a Post 6/1 release, they’ll take on dead hits of $6.95M in 2019, &amp; $8M in 2020, clearing $9.55M of cap this year.</p>&mdash; Spotrac (@spotrac) <a href="https://twitter.com/spotrac/status/1105927411579916289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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You should've had surgery you new-wave ****ing hobo.

Kick rocks, man.

They were old dudes with serious injuries. Some guys come back from ACLs and Achilles and play like before. Some guys can't do it. Them's the breaks.

Love the message here.

Veach and Reid just blew the defense the **** up this offseason. Being that bad and taking away one of Mahomes’s opportunities at a Super Bowl is unacceptable. Up or out.

Are the pro shops letting us trade in our jerseys for Tyrann, no charge?

ROFL

This is a philosophy change. It's a good nuke. A very good nuke.

Perhaps we can think of it as Veach finally opening the door to the shelter.

FAX

Had to be done.
You can’t pay a player that much money and get next to nothing in return.

I wish him the best and I really hope he catches on with another team.

Veach isn't kidding around. The defense has now jettisoned Houston, Ford, Nelson, and Berry. Those are some big names.

Alright...now make some moves to fix this defense

With Houston, Ford and Berry now all gone, casual Chiefs fans will be hard pressed to name a defensive player.

Sorenson is the lone survivor!!

We are going to need a identity reference card for the defense next year.

I won’t know who’s name to cuss at.

Sorenson is the longest tenured Chiefs defensive player

dont forget sutton too

the last 3 years have been inexcusable

Eric Berry's tenure with the Chiefs:
* 88 games played
* 445 tackles
* 50 PBU
* 14 INT
* 5 TD score
* 5X Pro Bowler
* 3X First Team All Pro

Brother, they just burned all the underbrush and dead trees to make room for new, healthy trees. This is just the beginning of a culture change that started with Patrick Mahomes.

SPC

Sad to see him go, even though it's the right move. Excited to see the big move this is all setting up.

If that was an option I think he does that prior to release.