[CBFF] How long till the love for BRIGGS?

[Jim Ferolie]

For cornerbacks, those were not exactly huge contracts. Azumah's was done 
early, so they got to use cap space from the previous year, and RW, well, at 
the time he was the only cover guy we had. If Zoom hadn't had nagging injury 
problems, he was turning into a really good cover corner and a great kick 
returner. He was worth it. RW was a great playmaker who somehow lost his 
ability to follow directions.

I wonder if you were thinking about Alfonso Boone because it was five years, 
but it wasn't a lot of money. My point about being conservative is not that 
they won't pay market value, but they won't do Washington Redskins type of 
contracts, they don't get into bidding wars and they don't sign people 
early. They've established a consistency where you know what you're in for, 
whether you like it or not.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Victor Waldron" <victor at 19net.org>


> You think they're conservative? What about the extensions for guys like
> RW and Azumah? There was another one in there somewhere as well, same
> situation where you were kinda left wondering why now and why for that
> kind of cash.
>
> Jim Ferolie wrote:
>> I dunno about this. When was the last time the Bears used a tag like 
>> that?
>> Spellman?
>>
>> Players have to accept that the Bears are very conservative in their
>> approach to re-signing people, but they also know they get treated fairly 
>> at
>> free-agent time. Rosey got to go free, Parrish got to go, etc.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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