Bears designate Briggs as franchise player

[Catch-22]

http://www.chicagobears.com/news/NewsStory.asp?story_id=3079

LAKE FOREST, Ill. – Determined to keep one of the NFL’s top defenses intact, the Bears on Friday designated Lance Briggs as their franchise player, guaranteeing him a one-year contract for $7.2 million, the average of the top five highest paid linebackers in the league. The 6-1, 240-pounder was due to become an unrestricted free agent March 2.

Briggs can sign an offer sheet with another NFL team, but the Bears would have the right to match the deal or receive two first-round draft picks as compensation, a stiff price that most clubs are generally unwilling to pay for any free agent.

Lance Briggs led the Bears with 117 solo tackles this past season.

I doubt we would have spent the money necessary to bring him in, but it's also one less LB on the market.

 

[Future]

poor gints...

 

[Yeagermeister]

check another one off the list

 

[Cbz40]

No surprise........dadgummit.

 

[Da Hammer]

no shocker here. an obvious great move by the Bears