eric berry and the chiefs are classic examples of everything that is wrong with rookie contracts - arrowhead pride
the unintended consequence is that teams drafting in the top 5-10 will find underachievers at high positional value positions a lot more attractive than overachievers at lower positional value positions. if you're going to pay the guy the moon, you're more likely to want a quarterback. why? because if a qb pans out, you can at least justify paying a lot of money. eric berry, on the other hand, will likely be overpaid regardless of his performance. that's not a knock on berry, but when you're paid more money than troy polamalu and ed reed, that implies that he needs to be better than those guys. that's probably not going to happen.
personally i hate the rookie pay currently like mostbut we have eric berry, lets be happy for the season/berrywe will have plenty of time to focus on lockout stuff
who is the first person you want to see eric berry light up?
2010 nfl mock draft, pick 7: browns select eric berry, s tennessee - sb nation
eric berry agrees to deal with kansas city chiefs espn kansas city, mo. — safety eric berry, the fifth overall pick in last spring's draft, and the kansas city chiefs have agreed to a deal, league sources told espn nfl insider adam schefter. berry also posted the news on his twitter account. … berry tweets that he has deal with chiefs kansas city star chiefs top pick berry tweets his deal is done cbssports.com berry, chiefs agree to six-year, $60m contract just before camp nfl news profootballtalk
safety eric berry, the fifth overall pick in last spring’s draft, says on his twitter account that he’s reached a deal with the kansas city chiefs.
kansas city chiefs first-round safety eric berry announced on twitter that his deal was done."bout to head to st. joe!!!," berry wrote before adding, "aka the deals done!".the chiefs hold their training at missouri western state university in st. joseph, missouri.a three-year starter at tennessee, the 6-0, 205-pound berry totaled 245 tackles, including 17.5 for a loss and 3 quarterback sacks during his career. berry also intercepted 14 passes, which he returned for 494 yards and three touchdowns. berry was a three-time all-sec selection (including two first-team nods) and a two-time first-team all-american during his 39-game career as a vol.berry entered the 2010 scouting combine as the top defensive back, if not top player, available in the 2010 nfl draft. berry solidified that status by running a 4.4-40, and posting off-the-charts athleticism via a 43” vertical leap and 10’10” broad jump. the 5th overall pick in the 2010 nfl draft will start immediately at free safety, adding a much-needed dynamic play-maker to the back-end of the chiefs’ secondary.