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Chiefs make top draft pick Berry the richest safety in NFL, Redskins sign Williams

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Chiefs Make Top Draft Pick Berry the Richest Safety in NFL, Redskins Sign Williams

Two top five overall draft picks signed deals in time for training camp in the Naitonal Football League, and picked up lucrative rookie contracts for their efforts.

We now know who the Kansas City Chiefs are banking on to be the next best defender in the NFL.
Safety Eric Berry was chosen fifth overall in this year’s draft out of Tennessee and his new team has made him the richest safety in the NFL. It's a quick rise to the top for Berry, as the deal is worth six years for $60 million with at least $34 million guaranteed.
All owners who were worried about rookie’s salaries getting higher will endure some sleepless nights over this one.
The “Fifth Dimension”  stated in his Twitter account: "Bout to head to St. Joe!!! Aka the deals done."
Berry was an exceptional defensive leader at Tennessee. He has excellent vision, ball-hawk capabilities, excellent tackling and is an overall great leader on defence. Some are saying that he has the potential to be a future Hall-of-Famer.
The hype will only continue with a deal this big.
The Washington Redskins also locked up their top pick from the draft in offensive tackle Trent Williams. Williams’s job this year is to protect Donovan McNabb and open running lanes for Clinton Portis, Larry Johnson or Willie Parker.
Williams spent a sleepless night while his agent worked out a deal with the Redskins to get him to training camp on time. Williams will receive a six-year $60 million deal himself with $36.5 million guaranteed.
Williams was nervous about being able to report to training camp on time, but he was the first top-five pick to sign, rather than waiting for other signings to see what the market was.
"I just went with what my agent thought was best," Williams said. "Obviously, I wanted to be here in camp. They did what they had to do."
The lineman did admit that he was willing to miss one day of training camp but he did not want to hold out for an extended period. He was even willing to drive to Redskins Park so that he could witness the first day of training camp but his agents advised him to wait for their call.
Williams changed agents in the offseason, because he did not want to place too much emphasis on his signing bonus and earnings. He just wanted to get on the field as quickly as possible.
"I know I'm here to do a certain job, and that's to protect the blind side," Williams said. "If I go out there thinking about the bucks and not doing my job, I won't be here long. I just kind of put it behind me. I'm going to try to save and play my butt off."
So now Berry and Williams are both locked up with their teams while other rookies may be holding out. This was one of the issues that the NFL was worried about with all these huge deals being given to rookies with a lot of guaranteed money.
Many long term deals have not been worked out this off-season due to the possible work stoppage next year. Also with owners preaching about saving money, some were reluctant to go after prized free agents.
One thing’s for sure, these rookies are being given huge deals in which the organization is demonstrating their faith in these players. Now it’s time for these players to show what they’re worth and earn their salary. Hopefully in three years from now we won’t be seeing more holdouts by young players wanting new, long term, expensive deals when they have not finished living up to their first contract.

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