What is your main gripe with the proposed Briggs deal?

I hope people realize that trading down is no guarantee. It seems like every year there's all this pre-draft hype of teams wheeling and dealing and draft day comes and very little happens in the 1st round as far as trades.

Don't get me wrong I'd love to see us trade down and pick up more picks, but it's not quite as easy as some seem to think.

No question Briggs is a great player, but let's say b/c of Brigg's big salary we had to cut Marcus Washington next year or couldn't afford to pay Cooley next year. What we do now affects how we handle our guys in years to come.

We have enough talent at LB!!! Get some other help. We gave away the house to get Rocky. Let him play unless he's totally incompetent.

Briggs' deal isn't going to break the cap for us next year. As people have already mentioned the #6 pick isn't going to come cheap either.

we got to have one of the stupidest FO if not that stupidest. We do tha same shit every off season and its really not working why we keep doing it, i mean going out and spendind crazy money on player when they come to us they play like shit i would rather see us really just try drafting. I don't like the boy briggs, we draft rocky last years lets work with him and draft a d-lineman what we really need not someone who just wanna get paid. I will be very hurt if we make this trade. does anyone know if there was a 2nd or 3rd pick in that trade for us??

1. Not a major need.
2. Lose out on possible draft day trade downs.
3. I don't beleive Briggs will be as good in another defense as he looks playing in Chicago's great defense.

Bringing in Briggs will probably deflate an already low locker room morale... as we saw it can happen and it happened last year... and its a need that at this poing in time doesn't need to be filled. With Fletcher and Washington, and good depth at LB... why the hell would we spend more $ and trade anything for another LB?

I want to see them take Okoye or even Landry at this point... we need help in the line more than anything, but I would take an upgrade to the secondary if he was a playmaker and be happy...

Have you ever seen a woman with a flat, tone stomach, but a really big fat ass... Why would you buy her an ab machine?

Don't get me wrong I'd love to see us trade down and pick up more picks, but it's not quite as easy as some seem to think.

I agree with this, but it becomes a lot more likely to happen if Brady Quinn or Adrian Peterson were sitting there at 6 when we're on the clock.

Which is why I can't understand why we'd make a move before we're actually on the clock. Who knows, we could get amazing value.

And besides, if given the choice between Briggs and the #31, and standing pat at #6 and picking, I'd choose standing pat and picking at #6. Okoye would fill a much bigger need for us than Briggs does.

That's a good question. To me it's not only about the picks involved, how good Briggs is or isn't, the cost, or whether he fits or doesn't. It's about what this trade represents and how this organization continues to run things. Sure, we need to add quality and sensible FA during the off season, but it seems like it's business as usual here.

Let me digress for a moment, remember last year when Brunell got booed when he briefly relieved Campbell? It started somewhat of firestorm here on the Warpath, in fact. I felt as though the stadium wasn't booing Brunell the person so much, but that he represented yet another high priced failure, and to many he embodied a coach's stubborness that just stuck with him too long. Before you jump on my back, I'm only suggesting that's what I believe could have possibly been going on in the minds of the idiots who booed the man. I'm not justifying it one way or another.

Now let's fast foward, I think the Briggs deal could draw the ire of the fans and the city in a similiar way. Here's the kicker...whether he turns out to be a stud or not , people , no matter what will be overly critical of Joe Gibbs and this organization. Unless he clearly has one of the best seasons in years at that position, it will become more of a distraction than anything else to this team.

The BIGGEST thing I don't like about it is... this guy is a Drew Rosenhous represented player acting like a primadonna because he was franchised... he wants to sit out for 10 games becasue hes only gonna make 7 mil next year...

Sound like a true redskin?:vomit:

I agree with this, but it becomes a lot more likely to happen if Brady Quinn or Adrian Peterson were sitting there at 6 when we're on the clock.

Which is why I can't understand why we'd make a move before we're actually on the clock. Who knows, we could get amazing value.

And besides, if given the choice between Briggs and the #31, and standing pat at #6 and picking, I'd choose standing pat and picking at #6. Okoye would fill a much bigger need for us than Briggs does.

I agree but it just seems like some people keep trumpeting this idea of trading down like it's a simple thing to do.

Personally I'd rather hold on to the #6 pick too and see what shakes out on draft day.

Just a question, would anyone be happy if we got Briggs and were still able to get a quality defensive lineman at #31?

No! Rocky hasn't even had a chance to play. It's the coaches job to get this guy ready to play. If Rocky isn't ready then let Marshall move back to his natural position. Marshall played weakside on a top 5 defense in 04. Guy played very well while Lavar was hurt. Do any of the defensive coaches who are making a ton of $ realize this?

Plus why do we always chase other teams players? How about rewarding guys who play well for you? Look what SF did w/ Gore? They tore up his contact and gave him 14 mil guar. Why aren't we doing this w/ Cooley?

I swear I wish we would get Floyd Reese or someone who knows what the hell they are doing. We don't have anyone in our FO who has a clue about what it takes to win in today's NFL.