Never said that and most of this argument has been about the other players not Berry, so stick a tampon up your bleeding ass.

Why do you suppose ESPN, NFLN, FOX Sports, and all the other major media outlets haven't said a thing about Berry other than he isn't practicing or whatever? No crazy speculations or accusations?

Because he's been out most of this season and last season (including last week).....so it's not really breaking news.

Right.......or maybe they just see it for what it is. A guy is hurt and cant play.

Berry situation is what it is. Who knows? I'm currently more concerned about O'Daniel. He seems to be a big upgrade against the run/screen game. Hope he can go but it doesn't sound like it.

We got here without Berry, I just hope to hell they keep playing Lucas.

Very disappointed....
I never knew maths had plurality

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Eric Berry and Dorian O’Daniel didn’t practice today for the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a>. <br><br>When asked, Reid was non-committal about Berry’s status for Saturday’s game.</p>&mdash; BJ Kissel (@ChiefsReporter) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChiefsReporter/status/1083440680515633154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 10, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

It looks like it's going to be a combination of Sorensen, Murray and Lucas. Parker and Scandrick have been demoted completely.

The King's English is as the spirit moves it...

Berry will get cut or retire next year. I'm not sure he gives a shit anymore.

his Mana doesn't connect with our CHI and such ...

ROFL

i wish a reporter had balls actually and would just straight up ask what the **** is going on with him. It is like the most secretive injury in nfl history

JFC......

any word about LDT????

Why would any NFL coach be transparent about injuries?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Source says the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a> have adjusted their defensive packages in expectation of Berry not playing this weekend. Not ruled out yet but they’re working with contingency plans. <a href="https://t.co/ZrMwfiXevs">https://t.co/ZrMwfiXevs</a></p>&mdash; Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeGarafolo/status/1083443393144016899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 10, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Who cares about LDT. Wylie is a beast!

A good chunk of English speaking countries say maths. It actually makes sense considering it is short for mathematics.

See he has become a distraction

Seriously?!?! This ticks me off beyond measure

LDT moves to the other side, an extra bonus!

I was ready to eat crow about my take on Berry through the season when he finally started. Glad I decided to wait because the ****ery continues

LDT healthy enough to participate in some sort of OL pass catching drill...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Also LDT caught a pass.</p>&mdash; Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) <a href="https://twitter.com/pgsween/status/1083422217197752321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 10, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">*not a trick play, an OL receiver drill the Chiefs run during the last practice of every week</p>&mdash; Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) <a href="https://twitter.com/pgsween/status/1083424104827506688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 10, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Welp, looks like that's it for Eric Berry's career in KC. Sad it might end like this.

Welcome to 5 months ago.

No kidding. He was once my favorite player. While I'm not going to start calling him names and acting pissy, I do wish that he would just go away and let the team move on.

:doh!:

LDT plays on the right
Wylie plays on the left

It's Allen/Erving that gets the boot out of the starting lineup.

LDT hasn’t played in months you honestly want him starting this game?

So we should sit him the rest of the year?

That's not what I said.

I was responding to someone that said 'who cares about LDT'. While he probably doesn't start this week, if we win he might start the next game. LDT and Wylie bring a much stronger interior line than we currently have so we should all care about LDT.

Talk about ending with a thud...

Or a fizzly fart.

Or a Black Cat firecracker that turns out to be a dud.

Or anything by Burger King.

Or Metallica's "St. Anger".

Or a pimple on prom night.

Or a Herm Edwards commentary.

Or Caddyshack 2.

Or that sound they make on 'Hee Haw' between skits.

Or Buddy Rich with no hands.

Or McCauly Caulkin as an adult.

What's the point in keeping this mother****er on the roster? Send him to IR and tell him to stay at home. If the Steelers can eat $21 million in cap space from trading their own problem child, we can deal with Berry's cap hit as well. It's time to rip off the band-aid and get rid of this waste.

Or the sound of CHA CHING!

Calm down. Looks like you'll get your wish in the off-season.

Eric Berry got scared at the thought of playing a team of young male horses and went home.

LMAO Yeah, that too. That money sure could buy some good young defensive talent... :shake:

"THANKS ClUCK"(!) says Berry as he Haglunds out the door and gimp-steps his way to the airport to spend the rest of the winter in the south seas.

Not unless Berry wants to. He’s going to get surgery and not pass the physical to force us to pay him.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Another $7.25M of Eric Berry&#39;s 2019 base salary is guaranteed for injury. This $7.25M becomes fully guaranteed on the 3rd day of the league year. <a href="https://t.co/DrnBBndmmi">https://t.co/DrnBBndmmi</a></p>&mdash; Joel Corry (@corryjoel) <a href="https://twitter.com/corryjoel/status/1083114137087930368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Makes sense, Berry is trying to delay the surgery until right before next year so that the Chiefs have to pay him another year of his guarantee. The team treated him like a member of the family and Berry is deliberately doing all his can to **** the Chiefs over.

Before anyone says "who cares, it's not our money", if Berry does force the Chiefs to pay the 7.5m next year that counts against our cap which limits the amount of money we have to spend on fixing our defense next year.

We don't know for sure yet, but it appears as if Berry is giving Chiefs Kingdom the big middle finger on his way out the door.

We'll see

Thinking about this at lunch today I have to wonder if somewhere between Berry recovering from cancer treatments and the achilles tear he hasn't bought into some holistic healing bullshit and therefore refuses to put painkillers or any other unnatural drugs in his body?

His crazy ass hair and beard does make it look like he has gone a bit off the reservation.

I can't imagine players are contractually obligated to take prescription or over the counter pain meds.

That would be a pretty shitty deal if thats whats going on but I can't think of another explanation. He won't take the pain killers and he is trying to play without them and it isn't working maybe?

Wtf. He isn't even showing up for practice.

Possibly

Yeah, berry isn't a team distraction at all.

If LDT is healthy, he starts at RG! Wylie moves to LG and we roll em up. I could see that being the starting lineup next year.

Bob Sutton all but said yesterday the uncertainty surrounding Eric Berry's availability is a distraction.

At this point just shut him down and then hopefully both sides can figure out an amicable exit strategy in the offseason that works out for both parties.

Berry has proven to be incredibly selfish. He's the exact opposite of Gil Meche. He won't do anything to give up any money and help the team.

What part of this is not possible with the way the salary cap in the NFL is set up does your stupid ass not understand?

They dont save a dime if he retires, they dont save a penny if they cut him now or had before the season or anytime during the season.

Chiefs couldn't have possibly handled this any worse if he really doesn't play Saturday.

Reid just went on record that they are game planning for Saturday without Berry.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...out-eric-berry

:spock:

What, exactly, do you expect them to do?

I read somewhere that if they do an injury settlement that there would be some cap relief.

This is gonna get messy, though. It’s why owners should let the people they hire do their jobs.

Clark stepped in on 2 deals...Bowe and Berry...and was lucky Bowe ****ed himself or that deal would have screwed KCs cap too.

Jfc.

I hope Reid doesn't send all of the players out in search of Berry's spirit and wear them all out

The worst thing, by far, that transpired out of this entire shit-show...is Berry's agent and the holdout tactic that ultimately set the stage for Dorsey's firing.

KC lost the best GM in franchise history over a record contract for a player that lasted all of 2 games. He didnt want to sign Berry...and it ended up costing him his job..

I hold Berry responsible for that...

Get the surgery back in August when it became apparent his heel was ****ed up.

There wasn't going to be an injury settlement during this season. They wanted him to play.

Next season? :shrug:

I say cut him with post June 1st designation and move on.

Yep, several times the Chiefs have delayed handling injuries and had them cause drawn out problems. Houston didn't have surgery immediately, Berry didn't have surgery immediately. Maybe the players are refusing, but if that is the case then why are we treating players like this with such kid gloves?

We should never have given Houston and Berry huge contracts. We would have been better off trading them or letting them walk for comp picks. That's 30 million per year of cap space freed up.

So my understanding is that Berry will not play this weekend but would be day-to-day to play in the AFC Championship if the Chiefs were to advance. Is that correct?

The team can't force him to have surgery.

This is 100% on Eric Berry.

He doesn’t say Berry won’t play. He says his status is the same as the rest of the year. Day to day.

This situation is going to be the difference maker, imo.

The offense is going to need to score 50 if Berry is out.

People keep saying this but had had the surgery he would have missed the season. So what difference does it make?

Hindsight is awesome but the fact is he appeared to be 100% healthy heading into camp. You really blow the guy up for a season ending surgery over a sore heal? How often if ever has that been predicted?

Do you not think had they KNOWN how this was going to play out they would went another direction?

Its a mess, it sucks but given the options Im not sure they did handle it wrong.

Then NFI his ass and make him choose between arbitration or surgery.

None of what you just said discredits what I said. You're the biggest dumbass here. A reasonable player who signed a recordbreaking contract but was unable to perform at all for the life of the contract would agree to an injury settlement. Eric Berry is selfish and isn't a reasonable player. Berry has made roughly $90 million in his career so far and will end up making almost $140 million when it's all said and done despite only being available roughly half the time. A reasonable player would see that their contract is hurting the team and agree to a reduced salary to help the team. Hell, Berry is making more than Tom Brady at this point. Let that sink in.

Berry is out.

Don't be in denial now. It is obvious.

How about 4-5 years ago when the problem started?

June 1st cut him in the offseason and be done with this shit.

He was recovering from an achilles tendon tear, he finished last year on IR. I don't think NFI was ever possible.

Berry is going to prevent that by waiting to have his surgery. They will have to negotiate an injury settlement then. Berry will force them to pay out the ass.

You mean the same sore heel that caused him to overcompensate and blow out his Achilles in the other foot a year prior?

Berry hasn't played all season and we give up an average of 3 pts less than the other teams road scoring average at home.

The colts scored around 24pts per game on the road this season. If that holds true that puts the Colts at 21pts.

Thats far cry from needing to score 50.

That would have obviously been best.

Yes but not really. I'm pretty sure it was only the fans who were pushing the whole, "he'll be ready by October-week six-Hanukkah-week 10-Ramadan-the playoffs"(!)-bullshit.

Because it’s so incredibly important I’m going to hold out hope till hope is completely gone

They should have never re-signed him. I wish that weren't true but it is. They should have let him walk, cancer or not.

What part of his heal wasn't sore going into TC do you not understand?

So he starts getting a sore heal in TC, you think they should have immediately scheduled him for season ending surgery? Seriously?

He wasn't 💯 healthy. Even if you're in denial and unwilling to admit it, the bone spurs almost certainly date back to 2017 or earlier. How else do you explain heel pain in the same foot during 2017 preseason?

And getting the surgery in augior September is a huge difference. He'd possibly be healthy by the spring and his contract wouldn't be guaranteed for injury. Now he will likely miss all of OTAs and minicamp and we'll go into another preseason questioning his availability and day to day status.

The Chiefs should have stopped this shit when cancer started instead of paying him all that money when they didn't have to.

The exact same heel was sore in 2017 training camp. If you're too dense to see the signioor relevance of that then I can't help you. His heel issues were known well before 2018 and he or the team didn't do their due diligence to make sure he was physically ready and capable.

Spilt milk.

Like I said earlier I think where they ****ed up was franchising him instead of getting him cheaper sooner and being another year along in the contract at this point which would make cutting bait even cheaper.

People forget he played on the franchise tag and had an All Pro season.

Indy is going to score at will on our defense, imo.