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Originally Posted by Claysexual
Let him wear his "dope crown"; he's earned the mother****er.
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Yes..he certainly has.
I believe if the "Mahomes Invasion" had started a few years earlier, Berry wouldn't have sniffed that amount of money. At the point of his contract, he was riding the crest of Comeback Player of The Year and his cancer story. He was the national face of the franchise. CHunt saw him as PR investment for a small market team.
A $16 million dollar safety...GTFOH with that nonsense.
I think Berry or his agent used this hype as leverage against Dorsey...which ultimately led to a LR issue, bad media press and his firing. JD didn't draft Berry...so he looked at it pragmatically and saw a huge risk...not only by positional value but his cancer treatment. I really do think Dorsey got fired because of this situation coupled with him saying "**** you for going over my head" and using Maclin as a revenge chess piece. He knew that would piss off Reid...how could he not...and why nobody even knew he was going to do it. I think he wanted out if he didn't have control of his team. I think he wanted to roll with Hill and Reid wanted to keep Maclin. Shows who really wears the shorts in KC..
So yes..I inadvertently blame Berry's contract tactics for JD being gone. It doesn't take a genius to see how a rift between Hunt/Dorsey happened because of this. JD is all about football and building a team....Chunt is about corporate branding and growing his franchise's value. Dorsey didn't want to sign Berry and Chunt did for reasons outside of the football field...Reid wanted a LR without issues.