[CBFF] ESPN - Washington awaiting Bears' answer on Briggs trade

[Jerry Madsen]

Updated: April 3, 2007, 12:07 PM ET
Washington awaiting Bears' answer on Briggs trade  	  	  	  		 		
 		 		
By John Clayton
ESPN.com

A proposed trade sending Chicago Bears linebacker Lance Briggs to the
Washington Redskins could go through or totally collapse by Tuesday
afternoon, depending on how the Bears react to the Redskins' offer.

Last week, the Redskins made a one-time offer for Briggs, offering to
swap their first-round draft pick, the sixth overall, for the Bears'
No. 31 overall pick. The Redskins offer was take-it-or-leave it, and
they told the Bears that they wanted an answer no later than Tuesday.

 The Bears have been hinting they might ask for an additional Redskins
linebacker to make the trade, but the Redskins made it clear to the
Bears on Monday that if they ask for more than the proposed draft-pick
swap, the trade talks are over.

 Briggs, the Bears' franchise player, reacted angrily to receiving the
franchise tag and at first said he'd never play for the Bears again.
He is now threatening to hold out the first 10 regular season games of
2007. The Bears want to keep Briggs for one season.

 Based on Monday's trade talks, the Redskins were doubtful a trade
could happen, but one call from the Bears accepting the proposal would
make it happen.

 John Clayton is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com.

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