Chiefs GM: Eric Berry's battle with cancer going well

[thabear04]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...cer-going-well

Eric Berry's battle with Hodgkin lymphoma is going well, according to Kansas City Chiefs general manager John Dorsey.


"Well, anybody who knows Eric Berry knows that if there's a challenge presented to him, he will attack it with a vengeance," Dorsey told Sirius XM NFL Radio on Tuesday. "And he will do that. Everything that I have gotten back has been very positive. I have not spoken with him on the phone for probably six weeks, but I have texts. We communicated through texts. He's in good spirits, he's fine, he's driving, and he's going to conquer it."

Dorsey added that Berry is able to drive again, per host Alex Marvez.

The 26-year-old was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in December and while it's a treatable disease, his promising NFL career has been put on the back burner.

The general manager didn't give any football update on the safety, but that isn't a surprise. Berry's battle lies off the field and he has the clear support of the Chiefs franchise, which did not cut him this offseason just to save a couple of dollars.

[TimBone]

Keep kicking ass, Eric!

[Hootie]

love to see Eric cancer free (most important) and back in Chiefs red for 2016!

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by thabear04

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...cer-going-well

Eric Berry's battle with Hodgkin lymphoma is going well, according to Kansas City Chiefs general manager John Dorsey.


"Well, anybody who knows Eric Berry knows that if there's a challenge presented to him, he will attack it with a vengeance," Dorsey told Sirius XM NFL Radio on Tuesday. "And he will do that. Everything that I have gotten back has been very positive. I have not spoken with him on the phone for probably six weeks, but I have texts. We communicated through texts. He's in good spirits, he's fine, he's driving, and he's going to conquer it."

Dorsey added that Berry is able to drive again, per host Alex Marvez.

The 26-year-old was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in December and while it's a treatable disease, his promising NFL career has been put on the back burner.

The general manager didn't give any football update on the safety, but that isn't a surprise. Berry's battle lies off the field and he has the clear support of the Chiefs franchise, which did not cut him this offseason just to save a couple of dollars.

This part really makes me happy. It's not all dollars and cents, and that's OK.

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

This part really makes me happy. It's not all dollars and cents, and that's OK.

I was embarrassed by the posters on this board that were advocating cutting him or demanding he take a pay cut. I'm glad John Dorsey seems to be a "good guy" as opposed to that cock sucker Pioli.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

I was embarrassed by the posters on this board that were advocating cutting him or demanding he take a pay cut. I'm glad John Dorsey seems to be a "good guy" as opposed to that cock sucker Pioli.

Yeah - they should totally donate another $5 million to a guy they've given $50 million by the time he's 25. That's all it is - a straight up charity payment to a multimillionaire.

He's not ****ing poor. Oh, and he's insured.

Jesus, take the $5 million you save on Berry's salary and give it to the Children's Miracle Network to actually spend on kids that could use it for all I care. It fixes our cap and isn't a completely unnecessary handout.

The chickenshit PR move is to keep paying him. Every single bit of logic and reason says you cut him to veterans minimum and stick him on the NFI list.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Yeah - they should totally donate another $5 million to a guy they've given $50 million by the time he's 25. That's all it is - a straight up charity payment to a multimillionaire.

He's not ****ing poor. Oh, and he's insured.

Jesus, take the $5 million you save on Berry's salary and give it to the Children's Miracle Network to actually spend on kids that could use it for all I care. It fixes our cap and isn't a completely unnecessary handout.

The chickenshit PR move is to keep paying him. Every single bit of logic and reason says you cut him to veterans minimum and stick him on the NFI list.

You don't think they garner more in player goodwill than they could save on the cap?

You sure this move had NOTHING to do with Hali?

Are you picturing a rash of cancer stricken players taking advantage of this 'loophole?'

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

You don't think they garner more in player goodwill than they could save on the cap?

You sure this move had NOTHING to do with Hali?

No more than you can say it had anything to do with Hali.

And no, I don't believe it did. You're telling me that Hali re-signed for $2 million less because we paid Berry his $5 million? So Hali said "ah hell, Eric's a good dude, I'll just subsidize $2 million of his $5 million via paycut"?

No way - I don't buy that for a minute.

I think every time players say "it isn't about the money, it's about respect" we mercilessly mock them for it and with good cause. Respect and money aren't anywhere near the same thing. The Chiefs could absolutely have shown Berry a great deal of respect and supported him through this without just flushing money.

To mock athletes that equate money with giving a shit about them and then turn around and applaud the Chiefs for using money as a proxy for giving a shit about Berry is completely inconsistent.

They can provide EB with all the support in the world - fan nights, rallies, set up a charitable foundation - all kinds of stuff that would show a TON about how they feel about Eric Berry and do so without simply paying him another $5 million they don't owe him.

[ToxSocks]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Yeah - they should totally donate another $5 million to a guy they've given $50 million by the time he's 25. That's all it is - a straight up charity payment to a multimillionaire.

He's not ****ing poor. Oh, and he's insured.

Jesus, take the $5 million you save on Berry's salary and give it to the Children's Miracle Network to actually spend on kids that could use it for all I care. It fixes our cap and isn't a completely unnecessary handout.

The chickenshit PR move is to keep paying him. Every single bit of logic and reason says you cut him to veterans minimum and stick him on the NFI list.

There's nothing wrong with good PR. And the season hasn't started yet, they have plenty of time to put him on the NFI if they want.

I understand that clearing the cap space is a good football move, but if they want to use the money to honor a contract given to an good young man that fell into a shitty situation while reaping the benefits of very positive PR, then so be it.

Good relations with your fan base and the players on your team are also good football moves.

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Yeah - they should totally donate another $5 million to a guy they've given $50 million by the time he's 25. That's all it is - a straight up charity payment to a multimillionaire.

He's not ****ing poor. Oh, and he's insured.

Jesus, take the $5 million you save on Berry's salary and give it to the Children's Miracle Network to actually spend on kids that could use it for all I care. It fixes our cap and isn't a completely unnecessary handout.

The chickenshit PR move is to keep paying him. Every single bit of logic and reason says you cut him to veterans minimum and stick him on the NFI list.

you don't cut a ****ing guy or try and cut his salary when he's diagnosed with ****ing cancer

I don't care if he's made a billion dollars in his career

total Pioli move

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

you don't cut a ****ing guy or try and cut his salary when he's diagnosed with ****ing cancer

I don't care if he's made a billion dollars in his career

total Pioli move

Ah, but if he can't turn the lights on in his house because of concussions, **** him - move along. If he's some rookie who blew out his knee, won't ever play again and now doesn't have a career to fall back on - **** him too; somebody else can figure out how to feed him for the next 60 years of his life - sorry you didn't play long enough to get your pension, rook. Next man up!

The NFL is FULL of cold, calculating decisions, many of which are a hell of a lot more cold-blooded than telling a very very wealthy young man that he's not getting game checks for games he's definitely not going to play.

You can absolutely support him without just dumping salary cap into a hole.

[Eleazar]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Yeah - they should totally donate another $5 million to a guy they've given $50 million by the time he's 25. That's all it is - a straight up charity payment to a multimillionaire.

He's not ****ing poor. Oh, and he's insured.

Jesus, take the $5 million you save on Berry's salary and give it to the Children's Miracle Network to actually spend on kids that could use it for all I care. It fixes our cap and isn't a completely unnecessary handout.

The chickenshit PR move is to keep paying him. Every single bit of logic and reason says you cut him to veterans minimum and stick him on the NFI list.

What is wrong with you?

[splatbass]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Yeah - they should totally donate another $5 million to a guy they've given $50 million by the time he's 25. That's all it is - a straight up charity payment to a multimillionaire.

He's not ****ing poor. Oh, and he's insured.

Jesus, take the $5 million you save on Berry's salary and give it to the Children's Miracle Network to actually spend on kids that could use it for all I care. It fixes our cap and isn't a completely unnecessary handout.

The chickenshit PR move is to keep paying him. Every single bit of logic and reason says you cut him to veterans minimum and stick him on the NFI list.

This is how you would treat someone that has done so much for the team? Remind me never to work for you. Not that there would be a chance in hell anyway.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by splatbass

This is how you would treat someone that has done so much for the team? Remind me never to work for you. Not that there would be a chance in hell anyway.

Why do you think Aflac exists?

If you're a truck driver and you get cataracts that blind you, making you completely incapable of driving a truck, just how many employers do you think are going to just pay you to sit at home? If you're a line worker and you end up getting paralyzed as a result of meningitis; how many companies are going to just keep sending you your paychecks more than a year later?

Pretty much none.

This isn't just an illness thing as it would be for you and I. This is an illness that makes you completely incapable of doing your job in any capacity. You can't compare this to you or I getting cancer - rather you have to have analogs similar to the ones above. If you're working in an environment with scarce resources (here it's cap, in the above analogs consider a break even profit margin), these are the decisions a business has to make.

There's an entire industry dedicated to paying people who come down with illness/injury that makes them incapable of doing their job on a long-term basis and you think I'm the one that's unreasonable?

You're welcome to let raw emotion cloud your judgment. You're right - you wouldn't be working for me.

[BigMeatballDave]