[CBFF] Briggs reportedly 'prepared to sit' if Bears won't deal

[mom2iancal]

He can't be so stupid that he's willing to lost 7.2 million dollars!!!  Or 
can he?   I would have liked to have seen him signed to a long term 
contract,  but now I say let his ASS sit if he's that stupid!!!  Let him 
take out his loans to get through the year w/no job and no paycheck.   He 
took the gamble last year turning down the contract that was offered to him, 
he knew that the Bears would have the right to franchise him and they did. 
In my opinion, he has no right to be pissed off at the Bears organization.

That being said, I think he'll eat crow come September and he'll don his #55 
and get his sorry ass out on the field.

Teri
~A Morning  Without Coffee is Sleep~


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Madsen" <jerrywm at gmail.com>
To: "CBFF" <post at chicagobearsfanforum.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 6:14 AM
Subject: [CBFF] Briggs reportedly 'prepared to sit' if Bears won't deal


> 42 Franchise tags have been issued to 30 different players.
>
> Trades forced by result of the tag?  3.
>
> Games missed as a result of the tag?  0.
>
> See you September, Lance.
>
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>
>
> Updated: March 13, 2007, 2:52 AM ET
> Briggs reportedly 'prepared to sit' if Bears won't deal
> ESPN.com news services
>
> The glow of a Super Bowl appearance can't extinguish the shadows that
> are creeping up on the Chicago Bears.
>
> Top running back Thomas Jones was shipped to New York last week and
> now this week, Pro Bowl linebacker Lance Briggs took his war of words
> to the next level.
>
> "I am now prepared to sit out the year if the Bears don't trade me or
> release me," Briggs told FoxSports.com on Monday night. "I've played
> my last snap for them. I'll never play another down for Chicago
> again."
>
> Frustrated that he couldn't work out an extension with the Bears and
> angered that the team slapped the franchise designation on him, Briggs
> told ESPN.com a week ago that a trade would be in the best interest of
> all parties.
>
> Bears general manager Jerry Angelo countered that he felt the $7.2
> million the team would pay Briggs next season was very fair. The
> linebacker reportedly turned down a seven-year, $33 million deal in
> March 2006. Now, he's ready to gamble again.
>
> "People think I can't afford to sit out the year -- I can take out
> loans to get me through that year just fine because eventually I'll
> have a deal somewhere," Briggs told FoxSports.com. "There are things I
> can do to make sure I'm fine financially if I sit out. I can also
> decide what other course of action I can take as the season gets
> closer. The Bears have shown I'm not in their long-term plans so if
> that's the case, I don't want to be here."
>
> Money might not be the only reason Briggs wants out of Chicago. He
> said he wants to be the leader of a team and knows he'll never
> overtake Brian Urlacher in Chicago.
>
> "I've talked to Brian about it," Briggs told the Web site. "I'm a
> competitor and I want the same thing he has. I've learned a lot from
> Brian as a player and a leader and I eventually want to be 'the man'
> somewhere. I want to be like him and have everything put on me too.
> Obviously I'll never be able to do that there.
>
> "Still, had the Bears made me a long-term offer that I found
> acceptable, I probably would have sacrificed this desire and stayed. I
> don't want to be somewhere I'm not wanted long-term."
>
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