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Bears | Briggs re-signs with team
Sat, 1 Mar 2008 18:25:44 -0800

Brad Biggs, of the Chicago Sun-Times, reports the Chicago Bears have re-signed free-agent LB Lance Briggs (Bears) to a six-year contract worth $36 million.

Bears sign Lance Briggs

March 1, 2008
BY BRAD BIGGS
The Bears might have lost Bernard Berrian, but it didn't take them long to land their other major free agent.

Three-time Pro Bowl linebacker Lance Briggs has agreed to a $36 million, six-year contract to remain with the organization.

This, hours after wide receiver Bernard Berrian signed a $42 million, six-year contract with the Minnesota Vikings.

Check back for more details.

Sir_Monk wrote:More temptation off the market!

'SKINS MADE A PLAY FOR BRIGGS

Though the decision of linebacker Lance Briggs to re-sign with the Bears has created the impression that he had no options elsewhere, a league source tells us that the Redskins made a run at Briggs.

It was, per the source, "very close" between the Redskins and the Bears. In the end, Briggs decided given the similarity of the numbers to stay home.

Factoring in the $7.2 million salary he earned as a franchise player in 2007, Briggs will earn $28.8 million over four years.

Factoring in the Lamborghini he crashed and abandoned, the number is more like $28.3 million.

Despite reports to the contrary, multiple sources say the Skins did not make any real push for Lance Briggs; in fact, Chicago was his strong suitor by a mile.

Rosenhaus said Briggs was close to signing with the Washington Redskins, who tried to acquire him last summer, and that Green Bay, Tampa Bay and New Orleans were interested.

"I didn't think I was going to be a Chicago Bear. I actually thought I was headed to Washington," Briggs said from his home in Arizona. "At the last minute, my agent (Drew Rosenhaus) told me we had a deal with the Bears. We talked for a while, and I told him this was the deal that made sense."

Jake wrote:

"I didn't think I was going to be a Chicago Bear. I actually thought I was headed to Washington," Briggs said from his home in Arizona. "At the last minute, my agent (Drew Rosenhaus) told me we had a deal with the Bears. We talked for a while, and I told him this was the deal that made sense."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/fo ... 3733.story

I usually don't go against JLC but his source must be wrong because this quote came straight from Briggs' mouth.

GSPODS wrote:There's nothing wrong with Danny setting the high market price as long as he isn't paying the high market price.

Forcing another team to outspend you to keep one of their own players is intelligent business practice.

1niksder wrote:

GSPODS wrote:There's nothing wrong with Danny setting the high market price as long as he isn't paying the high market price.

Forcing another team to outspend you to keep one of their own players is intelligent business practice.

No one is saying anything is wrong with what happen, other than it doesn't happen often enough when it comes to "the Danny".

With "the Danny" it's always been "I'll be the top spender... and it doesn't matter if I overspend", while his own players were signing elsewhere. That's not a intelligent business practice.

Is this more proof that he has turned the corner?

BearSkins wrote:Weird that the contract he signed doesn't differ too greatly from the one he turned down last year that led the Bears to franchise him in the first place. Oh well!

Can't believe Bernard Berrian got more money from the Yikings than we gave Briggs. Football - it's a funny ol' game.