Lance Briggs is a dumb fuck. Yup, I said it. And the vulgarities are necessary. I’d call him retarded but that would do injustice to the millions of people who had no say in the process of life that rendered them, well, retarded.
So I’ll stick with Dumb Fuck. It works better for our purposes here.
To recap: After a Super Bowl losing season the Bears began negotiations with Briggs, 26-year-old OLB who was originally signed for $725,000 over four seasons. Negotiations broke down quickly when Briggs rejected a reported 6 year, $33M deal.
The Bears eventually slapped the “Franchise Tag” on him guaranteeing Briggs to be paid the average annual salary of the top five players at his position, which comes to a c-hair over $7.2M for the 2007 NFL season. (FYI-that’s a 1,000% increase in pay in one year. My last raise…2.5%)
Things were quiet for a few days. Then, Briggs came forward publicly stating the Bears should remove the franchise tag or trade him. He even went another step further in an interview on WSCR670, saying he would do everything within his power to leave the Bears.
And early this week Briggs spoke up again, this time insisting he’s done with the Bears and stated he would rather sit out and take out loans to pay his expenses than take the field in 2007.
"I've played my last snap for them. I'll never play another down for Chicago again."
And the whole time Lance was sure to be clear it wasn’t about the money.
Well Lance, here’s a little lesson in MONEY…
The Bears could slap the franchise tag on you for the next two seasons. You’d end up with around $15M. Then, after six seasons in the NFL, move the hell on, get that signing bonus and be done. (Joey Porter got $32M for 5 years with $20M guaranteed this off season. And I got news for ya, you’re not Joey Porter)
$15M for the next two seasons is a fuck of a lot better than $0 over the next two tax years, isn’t it Lance?
If I were Jerry Angelo, I’d let this dumb fuck sit out this season and slap the franchise tag on him again next season, just to prove a point.
So I’ll stick with Dumb Fuck. It works better for our purposes here.
To recap: After a Super Bowl losing season the Bears began negotiations with Briggs, 26-year-old OLB who was originally signed for $725,000 over four seasons. Negotiations broke down quickly when Briggs rejected a reported 6 year, $33M deal.
The Bears eventually slapped the “Franchise Tag” on him guaranteeing Briggs to be paid the average annual salary of the top five players at his position, which comes to a c-hair over $7.2M for the 2007 NFL season. (FYI-that’s a 1,000% increase in pay in one year. My last raise…2.5%)
Things were quiet for a few days. Then, Briggs came forward publicly stating the Bears should remove the franchise tag or trade him. He even went another step further in an interview on WSCR670, saying he would do everything within his power to leave the Bears.
And early this week Briggs spoke up again, this time insisting he’s done with the Bears and stated he would rather sit out and take out loans to pay his expenses than take the field in 2007.
"I've played my last snap for them. I'll never play another down for Chicago again."
And the whole time Lance was sure to be clear it wasn’t about the money.
Well Lance, here’s a little lesson in MONEY…
The Bears could slap the franchise tag on you for the next two seasons. You’d end up with around $15M. Then, after six seasons in the NFL, move the hell on, get that signing bonus and be done. (Joey Porter got $32M for 5 years with $20M guaranteed this off season. And I got news for ya, you’re not Joey Porter)
$15M for the next two seasons is a fuck of a lot better than $0 over the next two tax years, isn’t it Lance?
If I were Jerry Angelo, I’d let this dumb fuck sit out this season and slap the franchise tag on him again next season, just to prove a point.
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