[CBFF] CBFF Blog: Thomas Jones, here's a thought...

[Victor Waldron]

On 6/5/06, Stephen Lake <sdlake at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, I'm not sure why they didn't get the deal with Briggs done already.

Motivation? Maybe the Bears want Briggs to perform at a Pro Bowl level
for a second season before committing the big bucks to him. My gut
instinct is that this isn't the best hand for JA to play.

> Rosenhaus himself said that they were actually NOT asking for more than
> Urlacher.  If that's so, find a price somewhere between what you're offering
> and he's asking and sign him.

Given market appreciation Briggs might be worth Url's current
contract. That said, would Url then ask for a raise??

> Having Briggs and Urlacher signed in perpetuity would cement two foundation
> stones of the defense long term.  Plug in even a descent guy in the third LB
> slot--either Hunter Hillenmeyer or the guy they just drafted, Jamar
> Williams--and you could rival, IMO, the most dominant LB trio in NFL
> history--Singletary-Marshall-Wilson.

I read some of the subsequent responses to this, and regardless of how
people feel about the individual players you have to consider the
context and era. Who knows, in the current era
Singletary-Marshall-Wilson could just be an average group of LBs given
changes in D philosophy, modern offenses, and the fact that players
are generally faster and stronger now than they were a decade or so
ago.

All we can say definitively is they are special players, Pro Bowlers
during their repective eras, and we are very lucky to have them
playing for us.

V