troybulletinboard says:
Sep 5, 2011 10:28 PM
Briggs also mentioned how he isn’t the type to make a rash decision… you mean like the time you crashed your Lambo on Lake Shore Drive and just ran off right afterwards? Or the time you told EVERYONE you’d never play another down for the Bears, then signed a SIX YEAR CONTRACT a few months later?

You do know the REAL every day price for these items dont you? Where do you think all of that profit goes.

Why is it that I never hear the players or agents say,

“Ya know, Andre has vastly under-performed his contract based on that HUGE signing bonus, so Andre has decided it is unfair for the club to pay him so much over the next 3 years. Andre wants to give back to the club and will only ask for 1/2 of what his contract states he should be paid in the final years of the contract. Just to make it”fair”. ”

Who doesn’t get sick of these guys? First thing I tell guys working for us on a job: You signed the contract, some guys will be making more than you, some less. Keep your eyes off what others are making and just do your job. You are happy today with all the facts of this contract including the duration of it.

Lance Briggs can go be an accountant after his playing days, or maybe move furniture. He is not retiring, but moving on to a new job. Cry me a river Lance, can’t wait till you are history (Maybe soon than you think, by the way).

It seems like most people are whining about Briggs’ whining, but they don’t see the irony of the situation: a six year deal is damn hard to get in the NFL, but after about year 3 or 4 you see other guys passing you by on the money train and you wonder why you signed the long term deal in the first place.
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Like Mike said….this is a Veteran that signed that contract as a free agent. He had choices. This isn’t like rookies who are drafted by a team and can only sign with that team for a sloted amount and length their draft position dictates.

I will always back a rookie that outplays his rookie contract and wants a new one but veterans that had choices and signed their free agent contracts? Go pound sand.

Then it’s a damn poor exhibit A. As you can plainly see, the lockout in no way, shape , or form addressed this behavior nor did it do anything to change it. All the lockout really was, was the owners behaving in the same exact way. They had a contract THEY didn’t like, so they threatened to take away football away from all the guys who really pay the bills – the fans. A temper tantrum is a temper tantrum. Doesn’t much matter which party is throwing it. Either way, we lose.

Maybe he just wants nice things, maybe a Lamborghini or something?

The Bears will fight tooth and nail with the vikings for 3rd place in the NFC North.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

I weep for the hardships the man will be facing.

go pack.

If Briggs wants a new deal he should offer to pay the Bears the difference between what he has received and the approximately prorated 18m value of the first three years of the agreement. My guess is that he would owe the Bears about 7 or 8 million.

The Bears would love to get 8m for the opportunity to get rid of their incredibly stupid linebacker.

The real question is, who will stink worse; Bears or Vikings? The Pack will win going away, with Detroit absolutely embarrassing the Bears and the Vikings for second place and a possible wild card berth.

“Upon further review, the Bears still suck!”

And, as always, “Skol Failure!”