Bears stuff

I'm actually starting to get kind of intrigued as to how the Bears are pursuing the whole Lance Briggs thing. I mean, on one hand, you've got the Bears who have Lance Briggs and his bastardized agent by the balls, and on the other hand you've got Lance Briggs acting like a complete bitch.

In an attempt to play fairly with Briggs, Jerry Angelo met with him alone, and I can only assume it was over a romantic candle-lit dinner. Following the formalities and small-talk, Angelo went into business mode. He said he would remove the franchise tag from Briggs next season, as long as Briggs played this entire season. The deal, by the way, is more than fair, since the Bears have every right to put the franchise tag on Briggs AGAIN next year.

So here's the deal. Angelo, like he did with Thomas Jones last year, is trying to make a deal with Briggs to get him to shut his fat fucking mouth, stop his bitching, and next year they'll let him go. Which is something Angelo doesn't need to do. I'm serious, I would love it if the Bears fucked over Briggs again next year.

But now Briggs and his shit-agent are saying that Briggs will play for the Bears in six games next year, and he'll sit out ten, and that constitutes a season under league rules. That means that Briggs will get his money or something. But it doesn't require the Bears to play Miss Bitchpants at all. And, I believe the Bears could choose to suspend/not dress/whatever Briggs's ass if they wanted to for those 6 games. He still gets the money, but he doesn't get to dress or play.

Ultimately what the Bears could do is lower the value of Briggs. By not playing him for one (or even two) years, what team is going to be willing to pay $10 million per season to a dude who hasn't played in two years, and is two years older?

If Briggs would quit his fucking bitching, the Bears would gladly trade him next year, or even possibly let him walk away. But Briggs, while backing down, continues to be a piece of shit about the situation. BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING HE CAN DO. He can't force the Bears to do anything. He's fucking himself over.

But, rather than deal with this bullshit anymore, the Bears are considering trading him for a top 10 draft pick this year, and possibly a draft pick next year too. The Redskins have been named, and they have the number 6 pick. I would hope that with that pick the Bears could pick a linebacker, but I just haven't paid enough attention to the draft so far to know who would be available.

And just a word of advice to Briggs: It didn't work out too well for T.O. when he complained enough to get traded, and then bitched his new team out, and then got traded again, and now nobody really wants him. Skill only gets you so far, and if you want to be a bitch, then by all means, go for it, but don't expect to keep paying your bills that way.

Anyways, in other news, I read two different reports yesterday about Ian Scott. One said that the Bears were close to re-signing him, the other said that the Falcons were close to signing him. I didn't really know which to believe, but today I read that the Falcons have backed off on him, and I believe we're the only ones in pursuit. This is awesome because I believe that Ian Scott makes the other two tackles better. Add to that we don't know how Tommie Harris is going to come back as far as strength is concerned, and we're not sure what's going to happen to Tank in lockdown.

I think that's about all I've got for now. Hopefully we can just get Briggs out of town and get something back for him, because he's not worth the headache. And then hopefully he'll suck whereever he goes, and then we can all laugh and laugh about it. We'll also get a really awesome pick (or two), and the player (or players) will morph into a better version of Lance Briggs. Like maybe Lance Briggs minus the bitching.