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Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19
I'm expecting Berry to be tagged, and signed in the summer..
Keeps him off the open market, but they know he won't play under he tag this time, so they will eventually come to an agreement. Berry will accept a good deal, regardless of what he's asking for, before he sits out the entire season.
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Practically speaking they can't tag him, it will actually make things worse.
Berry's agent came out last year and said that the reason they were insisting on $24 million in the first two years was because that's the value that the tag would put on Berry. The tag, and their willingness to use it, actually
hurt the Chiefs in those contract discussions because Berry's agent, perhaps justifiably, took a hard-line approach to the tag and what it meant for his client.
So the moment you tag Berry again, he knows that Berry is getting at least $13 million and what do you bet that creates the baseline for his proposed AAV?
The Chiefs could end up getting a better contract if they actually let him hit the market, IMO.