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Originally Posted by BossChief
I don’t want to go link to each and every comment, but the Eric Berry situation is very interesting.
Am I alone here, or does it really seem like Reid and Veach are on completely opposite ends of the fence with Berry?
I get the sense from Veachs actions (trying to sign Thomas last year, trying to trade for Collins, Possibly signing Collins in FA) that he’s going to release Berry (or he wants to) and use that $ on a different safety but that Reid wants Berry around another year. Reid even said right after the NE game that Berry would be back and that’s a bright spot going forward.
Maybe another situation similar to Maclin and Reid/Dorsey where the G.M. having final say on personnel makes a decision to cut an injury plagued player, that’s overpaid but one Reid has a relationship with, happens?
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What the hell use does Eric Berry's 'knowledge' have when the entire defense is being scrapped? Why roll him out there again to learn the damn thing when you know he's gone next year anyway?
Cut. The. Cord.
Berry provides literally nothing to this team anymore. He can't help anybody line up anymore because he's literally just as new to this program as any swinging dick around. And he's missed so damn much time that he's gonna have to get re-accustomed to the speed/physicality of the game anyway. More critically, the LENGTH. I mean damn, do any of you think that guy's gonna be able to play 16 weeks and have anything left in the playoffs.
There's no reason at all for the Chiefs to keep him here and if they do, it's a flaw in the entire organizations thinking and symbolic of a viewpoint that will prevent them from getting to where they could otherwise go.
Keeping Eric Berry is a sign of an organization that doesn't have the will to do what it takes to win a championship, IMO. They have to let him go.