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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
Exactly. And to the contrary, he won't be "cancer free" until he's been cleared for 5 full years.
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And all the more reason for the Chiefs to seek protection in the extension of a long term contract offer. The circumstances are tough (cancer, freak knee injury off a dirty play), but Berry has missed essentially 25% of his career snaps.
Every other team in the league would look to insure themselves against a relapse, or let alone be wary of player who has likely peaked and doesn't have the positional value to merit breaking the bank and blindly giving him top money at the position.
Love the player and his intagibles. I do not like paying him the top safety contract in the league over the long term without some protections given the accrued track record. Not his fault, but everybody's reality.