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Briggs credo abbia firmato con i BEars un pluriennale, o ricordo male io?
BRIGGS QUALIFIES FOR THE OPEN MARKET
Adam Schefter of NFL Network reports that, with Thursday night's loss to the Redskins, Bears linebacker Lance Briggs has qualified for fully unrestricted free agency.
Under the terms of Briggs' one-year deal with the Bears, the team agreed not to use the franchise tag on him for a second straight season if he were to participate in at least 75 percent of the defensive snaps.
Briggs has started and played in 12 of the team's 13 games. Technically, it's possible that the defensive snaps from those twelve games won't equal 75 percent of the total defensive snaps for the season. But unless Briggs doesn't play at all in the last three weeks, it's highly unlikely that he'll be subject to the franchise tag for another season.
His market value is unclear. Many league insiders recognize that the stats of a weakside linebacker in a Tampa Two defense are skewed (or, as Brian Baldinger would say, "skewered") by the fact that the weakside linebacker usually runs free in space while the defensive linemen tie up blockers. Earlier this year, weakside linebacker Cato June received only $12 million over three years from the Bucs -- it's a decent payday, but not the kind of number that will prompt jaws to drop.
Then there's the whole "Dude, Where's My Car?" episode, which happened when Briggs wrecked his Lamborghini and ran away from the scene. Some teams will definitely be reluctant to give him a big-money signing bonus given the possibility that he might do something stoopid like that after he gets paid.
Fonte profootballtalk.com