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over the mountain · 04-02-2007, 03:13 AM

im pretty neutral to the idea. on one hand you get one of the best young tackling LBs in the league who (hate to say it) would be a great replacement for marcus who might have to go next year due to cap and sub-pro bowl performance but . . . your going to have to pay lance big (even if he only counts 3-5M the first few years), stunt rockys growth even more (lance started as a rookie) when i want to see what he can do, and move too far back in the draft to snag one of the top tier DL prospects . . . i say pass on briggs and try n trade down, i really think trading down to the early mid first round drafting a yound DL prospect for good comparative pay plus picking up an additional second rounder for BPA/need is the way to go . . . all draft picks run the risk of failure but we are not going to the superbowl this year so why not wait to see if we can sign briggs next offseason (when his signing demand may be less given a year out of the limelight) and use this year to make sure we are serious contenders in 08!!

04-02-2007, 03:13 AM	#80
over the mountain Playmaker Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: close to the edge Posts: 4,926	Re: What is your main gripe with the proposed Briggs deal? im pretty neutral to the idea. on one hand you get one of the best young tackling LBs in the league who (hate to say it) would be a great replacement for marcus who might have to go next year due to cap and sub-pro bowl performance but . . . your going to have to pay lance big (even if he only counts 3-5M the first few years), stunt rockys growth even more (lance started as a rookie) when i want to see what he can do, and move too far back in the draft to snag one of the top tier DL prospects . . . i say pass on briggs and try n trade down, i really think trading down to the early mid first round drafting a yound DL prospect for good comparative pay plus picking up an additional second rounder for BPA/need is the way to go . . . all draft picks run the risk of failure but we are not going to the superbowl this year so why not wait to see if we can sign briggs next offseason (when his signing demand may be less given a year out of the limelight) and use this year to make sure we are serious contenders in 08!!