For the past few weeks, Bears’ linebacker Lance Briggs has taken to the airwaves to complain about how the Bears are not willing to give him a long-term deal. Their offer of $7.2 million for one year just isn’t good enough, Briggs told ESPN, saying that there was not job security in the deal and he wants to be traded. If he wanted job security, why didn't he accept the Bears' six-year, $33-million dollar offer last season? He has threatened to sit out the entire 2007 season.
Briggs also complains that he wants to be treated as the number one guy on defense and as long as he is with the Bears and playing with Brian Urlacher that will never happen. He says that the Bears don’t respect him, but it seems like they respect him enough to offer a deal worth $7.2 million for one year. I know a lot of people who would not turn that kind of money down.
If you listen closely to Briggs, you can almost hear an echo of another high-profile NFL loudmouth – Terrell Owens. It’s no coincidence that the two players have the same agent – Drew Rosenhaus. I don't remember Briggs being so arrogant, so you wonder if this stunt is coming from him and if Rosenhaus is pulling the strings. I picture Rosenhaus manipulating the strings of a marionette puppet, while Briggs is the puppet.
I say, let Briggs sit out the season. After sitting out a whole year whining and grumbling, he'll realize that the six-year, $33 million offer was a pretty darn good deal after all.
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