Should the Chiefs sign Eric Berry for 5/70m with 38m guaranteed?

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Mr. Laz

Dorsey has to continue to hit in the draft and we need to start squeezing on some of these contract. If we don't continue to hit in the draft we are pretty much dead.

Nah; in a year we'll be able to move on from some of our worst contracts, including DJ, Hali, Maclin and yes, Houston. If these guys don't show out in '17, they're gone in '18. And Hali and DJ are gone either way. I mean sure, you want to do well in the draft but EVERY team will fail if they're not supplementing their squad via the draft. They'll be in a much better cap position in the coming years than they are this season.

Originally Posted by notorious

Ugh.

That Houston contract......

It's pretty much been an unmitigated disaster.

Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19

It'll be worth it sooner than later

No it won't. The Chiefs needed to make hay on that deal in the first two years, before the backloading set in. Instead they got largely a zero return on their investment in those seasons and now he's toting around one of the largest cap figures in football. Even if he plays as one of the best players in football, he's not going to OUTPLAY the $$ he's due in the coming years and as such we'll stay at a defecit.

that contract has been a loser and as he enters his age 28 season next year, the odds of it looking any better in the coming seasons are pretty long. It was a deal the Chiefs had to sign and I don't fault them for it, but it hasn't worked out at all. Let's remember that even a HoF guy like Derrick Thomas was in steep decline by age 30 and he didn't have the knee issues that Houston has had.

It's unfortunate, but it's reality.