Tony Moeaki Gets Four-Year Deal, Chiefs Confirm Signing

he better fight hard and secure his spot, because we all know we are drafting another TE next year :)

Good deal. Did your “league source” have any hints as to win the others might be finished up?

Wonder if the 4-year contracts are because of all the sophomores and juniors that came out prior to a new CBA and rookie-wage scale possibility?

I can’t imagine any of the top pick dominoes are going to fall until he gets signed. That said, I hope it’s not a ridiculous deal.

is probably the happiest of anybody with this signing….A TE with good hands is gonna help him big time!

There’s no reason why a clever agent working with a clever front office couldn’t set up a conditional clause based on comparative contracts. Set it up like a real estate closing have the terms set up a week beforehand and if necessary sign the day before camp (minimize potential uncertainty and minimize losses in productivity). The 3-4 day to a week lag in getting deals done by training camp is avoidable.

We gotta assume that most good agents should be able to nail down a fair contract price within a mil to half a mil (admittedly a significantly sized balllpark). Then their goal is to maximize that without hurting their client (hence the week to 2 week holdouts that don’t seem SO bad). Obviously, situations like Crabtree are outliers. However, then set up an incentive to get the deal signed before day 1 of camp regardless of other signings. So there’s some guaranteed money above what your fair market figure is for the player. Teams get the player into camp and avoid the possibility of other teams over-paying and driving your guy’s demands up.

Then, set up a conditional clause based on what other players end up getting, for Berry this would likely be Trent Williams, Okung and Joe Haden (closest DB in the draft). For each one say if he gets X amount then Berry gets an increase of X amount. That way it’s a definitive amount so if some team drastically overpays it doesn’t hurt the Chiefs but Berry gets some as if the other team had paid a fair price. If the other teams underpay their guys then Berry doesn’t get an increase, which he would have had to try to work out on his own merits meaning possibly no more money anyway or a longer holdout, BUT he still gets the pre-camp incentive bonus.

The worst possible situation for the agent is the other players get underpaid and his guy can’t argue I’m special pay me more. Even then he can say, I get you to camp on time, I get you the incentive bonus that is likely more than if you had waited to bargain.

Admittedly, there’s a human element and a lot of complications we probably don’t understand, but it just appears that a clever agent could protect their clients best interest and still market themselves as “an agent who gets you into camp on time.” Especially, if you had a receptive front office, which the Chiefs may or may not have.

A TE called Tony, what could go wrong

but welcome the other Tony!

Or the potential of being nothing. The only thing holding this kid back from being special are ticky tack injuries and I’m really hoping our staff can help him avoid them and reach his potential.

That’s so kewl to say “Welcome Home Tony”, to another Tony!

but I smell a hold-out after his second year, depending on his performance of course.

Im not sure on the details but Myron Lewis and Jared Veldheer have both signed. Lewis is in front of him and Velheer is behind him so they should just be hashing out the details.

Please continue to hash out all of the details for Asamoah, Arenas, and McCluster. Please get them signed ASAP so that you can shift focus solely onto Berry’s contract. That way you can get all of our (the fans) Christmas presents gift-wrapped and under the tree prior to the holiday, which I have now dubbed July 29th, or Christmas in July…

… is it kickoff time yet?

What kind of offense we could have if Cottom is able to get healthy and plays like he was playing the game he got hurt. We could destroy defenses in the middle of the field.

i really feel like he is our future at tight end and could be a star