Redskins make move for Lance Briggs (1 Viewer)

[Hairy Snowman]

Then they could tag his sorry whining #### again next year. ...and if he wants to sit out again, he'll earn his few million dollars, and then he can be a free agent in his 7th season at the ripe ole age of 28.

Assuming he sits out the first 10 games of '07, how does tagging Briggs in '08 benefit the Bears (other than to be vindictive)?In '07, he won't be in game shape to help the Bears after sitting out the first 10 weeks (at best you might get 3 in shape games). Plus, if I were his agent, I'd advise him to "pull a hammy" <wink><wink> as to not have to practice or play. He could be a total distraction for a team with Superbowl aspiration and could pull a TO and really screw with this team up. Instead of talking about the upcoming opponent all you're gonna get asked about is Lance Briggs. The Eagles have seen first hand what a mess that type of situation can become. It's not worth it to what type of mess he could cause to your team to then re-tag him again.

It makes sense to tag him this year until you can draft a suitable replacement, but if you don't you better either pay him the money or let him walk in '08.

The Bears have every right to tag him this year, and then again next year if the guy wants to play games. It's part of the collective bargaining agreement. Briggs pay is going up from 700K to 7 Million, so it's not like the Bears are squeezing the guy. When Briggs had the opportunity to 'be the man' in the past (ie when Urlacher was hurt), the Bears didn't win one game in 2004. Urlacher missed 7 games, and they lost all seven: http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/187400/gamelogs/2004 Nice to see Briggs 'step up' to the challenge.I think it's refreshing that a GM is standing up to Drew Rosenhaus and telling him in no uncertain terms fo 'F-Off D-Bag!!'.

Come on Grid,Briggs was a 2nd year LB in 2004 and I wouldn’t say that he didn’t ‘step’ up during that time.

He had 102 tackles that year, up from 78 in his rookie year. He also had 24 assist.

In defense of Briggs, Hillenmeyer was the guy that was dropping the ball that year (he replaced Url). He just didn't have the speed to cover. And Briggs didn't have the knowledge to play MLB. Maybe he feels he does now.