NFL Network: Bears' Briggs, 31st Pick for Skins' 6th Pick?

Marcus Washington plays OLB. Lance Briggs plays OLB (and is 4 years younger than Marcus). Marcus is coming off serious hip surgery. Could it be that his injury is far worse than anyone knows? How is his rehabilitation going? I'm surprised this hasn't really been mentioned in this thread (I think SmootSmack hinted at it). I'd really like to know what's up with Marcus.

The real reason I hate this trade has nothing to do with my confidence in Briggs' abilities. It's the fact that by swapping down to the 31st pick, we lose all ammunition to acquire more 1st day picks. I'd be all for this if we already had a 2nd and 3rd rounder.

Why on earth is Danny lobbing rumors out there now? Something isn't right with this. It don't want it to happen.

probably saying they're into the trade t get the giants/iggles/roids to bite and overpay. I can't believe the skins would actually pull the trigger on this.

Well the Eagles could care less about Briggs b/c they just got Spikes. I think the way Briggs became so outspoken against the Bears organization turned a lot of teams off. I wouldn't be surprised if MattyK's theory is right, and this is just Rosenhaus asking a favor of the Danny so they can drum up some interest in Briggs. This guy is a 26 year old 2 time pro-bolwer, and teams seem not to give two shits about him.

i actually think this would be a really good deal. briggs would be an upgrade over both washington and macintosh on the outside and we'd still have a first round pick, although much lower. we'd have awesome linebacker depth and would be able to rotate them. briggs is a pro bowl linebacker, this is a good deal if it happens IMO. this is a deep draft, there will be a good player at 31 and would upgrade the defense
If this has any truth it might not be so bad. Many drafts have DE Anderson falling to the end of the first round. If we get Briggs and Anderson I be for it but that would be a big if!

we have enough linebackers, and he is leaving Chicagp because they dont want to pay him his market value. We CAN'T pay him, so why even bother.

any time there is a RUMOR that involves drew rosenhaus, everyone should slow down around here. the man is good at getting top dollar for his clients. therefore, the redskins will ALWAYS be mentioned along with whoever his free agent is. its just good business to use the skins as a bargaining tool. because the skins have been known to over pay from time to time.

This is so beyond stupid its unbelivable....


but its the Redskins, so its very belivable.

The only way this could be true and not involve me spitting out bile for the next week involves the following variables:


The Redskins think that there is parity among the top four DT's in the draft. There is legitimate argument that the best DT is Okoye or Branch, and Justin Harrell is rising. If our scouts see a fourth DT in that mix, then he's a guy that should make it through to 31.
Marcus Washington is, literally, half the player he was. We know nothing of his health status, and if his hip has rendered him immobile, we don't have the guy to be our SAM LB.
Preliminary discussions have Briggs signing a deal that doesn't pay him much differently than the Bears would have in their early contract proposal. Sometimes a player will take less to get out of what they see is a poisonous situation. Granted, it doesn't happen with the Redskins signing checks very often, but hope spring eternal.
There's something else coming over from Chicago, even if it's just for show. Tack a fourth round pick on a deal, and it acts like spackle, filling in the little cracks that we all inherently see.

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Hey guys I really don't know what everyone is so upset about, it worked out really great when the Redskins signed Jeremiah Trotter, a young linebacker who had made a couple of Pro Bowls and had become disgruntled with his team . . . oh wait . . . And we didn't drop 25 spots in the first round to do that (NOBODY BUT THE REDSKINS WOULD EVEN TALK ABOUT DOING THAT!). From the sources this story is coming from (Schefter, Glazer, Pasquarelli) I can do nothing but believe that this is absolutely true and the Bears would be crazy not to make that deal. I'm treating this as a fait accompli until I hear otherwise . . . I'm officially on suicide watch . . .

we still have a first round pick though if it happens, so instead of getting just 1 player at 6 we get a pro bowler who is in his prime and a low first round pick. i think a lot of people are reacting poorly because they are excited about the draft and want to see us have a high pick, or have their hearts set on trading down. this trade wouldnt be as bad as its made out to be. there are tons of good DE's in this draft, and from what ive heard from sirius nfl radio good prospects at DE can be had later on in the 1st round and even the 2nd round. they even said the DE prospects are all very similar throughout the top part

But what about defensive tackles? Because that's our biggest need.