Chiefs Legend Eric Berry Slams Justin Reid’s Move to Saints

Kansas City, MO – March 17, 2025
Chiefs icon Eric Berry let loose Monday, delivering a fiery takedown of Justin Reid’s choice to sign with the New Orleans Saints after leaving Kansas City as a free agent. The retired safety, a five-time All-Pro who battled cancer to cement his Chiefs legacy, took to X with a no-holds-barred shot: “Reid to the Saints? Dumbest move you’ll ever regret, man.”

Berry, who starred for Kansas City from 2009 to 2018, knows the weight of wearing red and gold. Reid, 27, anchored the Chiefs’ secondary for three seasons (2022-2024), racking up 265 tackles, three interceptions, and two Super Bowl rings (LVII, LVIII). His exit to New Orleans—reportedly on a multi-year deal after the Chiefs couldn’t re-sign him—hits hard in an offseason already marked by the departures of DeAndre Hopkins, Joe Thuney, and Samaje Perine.

“You don’t ditch Chiefs Kingdom after what we’ve built,” Berry blasted on X, tapping into the raw frustration of fans still stinging from the Super Bowl LIX loss to the Eagles. Chiefs Nation lit up online: “Berry’s spitting facts—Reid’s gonna miss this,” one fan wrote. Another raged, “Saints over Chiefs? Absolute clown move.” Reid’s new deal with a 5-12 Saints squad from 2024 reportedly lands him $9 million a year (X @SaintsInsider), a price the Chiefs, with $49.4 million in cap space (ESPN), chose not to match.

Berry’s fierce words—backed by his own history of grit, from All-Pro seasons to beating Hodgkin’s lymphoma—strike a chord with Chiefs fans. As Reid gears up to play with Derek Carr in New Orleans, Berry’s warning looms large: leaving a dynasty for a struggling squad might just be a misstep Chiefs Kingdom won’t soon forgive.