[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

It's the discussion over whether or not they should've cut his pay on the NFI.

When a player is put on the NFI, their salary can be reduced to the league minimum and it doesn't count against the cap. The Chiefs could've done that with Berry but they didn't. They paid him his full salary for the duration of his time on the NFI.

Now admittedly, I'm going from memory on his salary that year and how many games he missed so it may be high. It's probably nearer $4-5 million.

Right.

Berry was one of the last 1st rounders selected under the old CBA that paid rooks handsomely, was kept on the full salary as you've pointed out even though there was no obligation to do so...

Any claims made that he's been underpaid are a little bit hollow -especially since he's earned top safety money for being a run support guy first rather than an Ed Reed pass coverage type of monster.

I'm all for players getting every single penny they can from teams' -that's 100% acceptable due to the nature of the game they're playing that's the riskiest in all of Western sports.

But too many idiot GMs have ****ed up the market by handing out ludicrous deals...