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Don’t despair over Chiefs releasing former Vols safety Eric Berry yet

Seriously, what are the odds? Just this morning we wrote about former Vols getting huge paydays during this free agency period. But a few hours later, the news broke of the Kansas City Chiefs releasing NFL superstar Eric Berry, the greatest ambassador for Tennessee football in the pros today.

Up until this year, Berry was the highest paid safety in the NFL. Within two days, though, Landon Collins got a bigger contract and then Berry got released. It seems really unfair for a UT legend who is also an inspiration to everybody given the fact that he came back from lymphoma to achieve All-Pro recognition.