By not signing a contract by Friday’s 4:00 PM (E.T.), Eric Berry essentially made himself the highest paid Safety in the National Football League by annual average.
In an article written by Michael David Smith for Pro Football Talk (PFT), he states that,
“NFL players don’t like getting the franchise tag, and it’s easy to understand why: The franchise tag keeps them from finding out how much money they’d actually command on a free market. But for the four players who will play this season on the franchise tag, it’s not a bad deal.”
Smith then lists those four players who, by not signing the franchise tag, will be better off, including the Kansas City Chiefs own Eric Berry. Michael David Smith goes on to outline,
“Kansas City safety Eric Berry will make $10.806 million this season, making him the second-highest paid safety in the NFL in 2016 and the highest paid by annual average.”
However, based on the actual amount of salary that Eric Berry will make in 2016, he will be second only to Harrison Smith. You can find a list of Safety salaries here for 2016. It clearly shows that Berry will make 4.4 million less than Harrison Smith this coming season. So, should Eric Berry be “happy” about that? That is the question. That’s only $275,000 per game, so why would he be upset?
What many Kansas City Chiefs fans may be happy to learn is that John Dorsey did not agree to pay out a contract that could have potentially strapped the franchise to a salary cap gurney for the foreseeable future.
And the EB saga continues.
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