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

[FRPLG]

I have no problem with Briggs but for once I want to come out as a clear winner on one of these deals. To me a fairer deal would Briggs,2nd and 4th for our 1st. So to win I want their Briggs,2nd and 3rd. To me any lower than that and we don't win the trade.

For crissakes the guy wants out and he is being voacl about it. We should have leverage here.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

I have no problem with Briggs but for once I want to come out as a clear winner on one of these deals. To me a fairer deal would Briggs,2nd and 4th for our 1st. So to win I want their Briggs,2nd and 3rd. To me any lower than that and we don't win the trade.

For crissakes the guy wants out and he is being voacl about it. We should have leverage here.

i still want their first pick briggs their first, second for our 6th

[Smurf85]

I didn't see a link if here so here you all go.

'SKINS MAKING A PLAY FOR BRIGGS?

Adam Schefter of NFL Network and Jay Glazer of FOXSports.com report that the Redskins and Bears are contemplating a trade that would send the No. 6 overall pick to Chicago for linebacker Lance Briggs and the No. 31 overall pick in the draft.

But didn't the 'Skins learn last year the folly of trying to force a Tampa 2 specialist into Gregg Williams' defense? Though we can't fault Adam Archuleta (one of our sponsors) for taking $10 million guaranteed, the Redskins should have considered more carefully the question of whether the player would fit within the system.

Briggs' success possibly is a product of his role as the weakside linebacker in the Tampa 2 defense, which gives him a lot of freedom to roam in open space and make tackles. As the "will" in a traditional 4-3, will he be as effective?

It's a big risk for the Redskins to take, in our view. But we have a feeling that owner Dan Snyder (who has been uncharacteristically quiet in free agency) is itching to make a big deal, especially at a time when he's rubbing elbows with his 31 partners/competitors at the NFL's 2007 Annual Meeting.

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[Smurf85]

There is only one way i would do this and thats only if they throw in there 2nd round pick.

[AlvinWalton'sNeckBrace]

this is plain stupid...bad choice of picks...disgruntled player...and we have enough linebackers....there has to be one stupid move to make me hate the offseason each year I guess

[sportscurmudgeon]

This thread is actually very humorous...

First of all, whenever the Skins have someone they need to trade or cut, someone here thinks that they ought to trade him for a 2nd round or a 1st round pick. Any Skins' player - no matter how surplus he is to this team or how marginal his skills are - is worth a high draft pick. Now the Skins are rumored to be interested in a guy who has already shown he is a Pro Bowl caliber linebacker. To get him, the Skins need not give up a pick; all they have to do is switch positions in the first round to get him. But now, the Pro Bowl player isn't enough for folks here unless the Bears ALSO throw in a couple of other picks too. Say what? :confused:

Suppose - JUST SUPPOSE - the guy the Skins take at #6 turns out to be as effective as some of their other high first round picks have been. Heath Shuler, Michael Westbrook, that "Heisman Trophy receiver" who turned out to be a punt returner, or Rod Gardner to name a couple. Wouldn't a Pro Bowl linebacker look awfully good in exchange for one of those guys?

Now here's why I would NOT make the deal - and it has nothing to do with getting additional picks from the Bears. The Bears play a completely different defense than the Skins do. That's why Adam Archuletta might actually be useful to them. Briggs will have to learn what to do in a completely different system - - and we saw how easy that was for Archuletta, right? Briggs will command - no he will DEMAND - a huge payday to come here and he'll come here needing to learn a whole new defense. I would not pay a huge salary and lose draft position for that kind of risk.

But if you just look at the rumored trade for what it is, a Pro Bowl linebacker is worth a switch in first round positions. What's your higher draft pick going to do? Go to the Pro Bowl? Hell, Briggs has already been there and done that...

Let's see, suppose the Raiders have an interest in Ade Jimoh for their secondary. Of course the Skins should get the overall #1 pick in this year's draft for Jimoh plus a third rounder this year and next year's first round pick. That would be fair... :thumb: