[CBFF] 10 things begin wth No. 8

[Kenny Claxton]

I'm not knocking anything you said, but you can't half-ass it on a
football field at LB or you will get hurt badly.

On 7/23/07, Victor Waldron (CBFF) <victor at chicagobearsfanforum.com> wrote:
>
> > I wouldn't deny that.  But the article pointed specifically to Rosenhaus
> > parading Briggs around the meeting, showing him off to the other owners.
> > This incident almost certainly didn't decrease his value.  Statements like
> > "I'll come back week 10." almost certainly did.
>
> I can sorta understand the week 10 thing, that he wants to reduce risk
> of injury. But you have to ask yourself two things:
> 1. is it really worth the risk of losing $4.5 mil guaranteed when he
> could get injured in the remaining six games just the same?
> 2. who's to say he won't decide to not give his all in those six games
> because he's protecting himself??
> 2a. if #2 is true, won't he lose market value if it appears he's not as
> effective??
> 2b. and how will his teammates react if they feel he's not carrying his
> share of the load?
>
>  From his and DR's standpoint it seems to be a dumb strategy. I hate to
> bring baseball into this, but a few years ago Nomar Garciaparra turned
> down a 4-year $60 million deal (guaranteed money) from the Red Sox
> because he thought he was worth more money on the open market. A few
> injuries and ineffective seasons later, he has maybe seen half that
> amount of money and it has been more than four years (six?). Briggs can
> complain all he wants now about the $7.2, but he left about $14 million
> guaranteed on the table a year ago.
>
> V
>
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