What is your main gripe with the proposed Briggs deal?

[gabe1984]

This is a great thread Matty, you've just made my morning because I really want to go off on why I hate this trade. I have several key reasons as to why I loathe this trade, you can see them listed berlow. Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!

These are in no particular order

1) Lance Briggs is leaving a team that just played in the Superbowl to come play for a team that was 5-11 last year. To me, this says something about the man's character. He's not interesed in winning, he's interested in money. Why are we signing a player who was disgruntled on a team that played in the Superbowl?! It sounds to me like this guy is going to be a locker room problem. I don't think anyone would pay him as much money as he wants except DC!!!!

2) Once again, we're going to paying a man a lot of money before he proves himself to the Redskins. I would much rather have a hungry play, like Rocky McIntosh, out there. We paid Arch and Lloyd a lot of money before they proved themselves, and look how they played last season!

3) Rocky McIntosh. Seriously, what the hell?! We had to trade up draft picks to get this kid, and we're not going to start him AGAIN this season! This is really going to hurt his development.

4) Lance Briggs was a great weakside linebacker when he had a great DL infront of him. The Bear's D-Line is way better than ours, and from what I've heard, Briggs was kinda a seak and destroy linebacker and was able to do so cause his D-Line stopped O-lineman from blocking him. That's not gonna be the case in DC, he could make a lot of tackles for us, but if they're 5-6 yards down the field, what's it matter.

5) We need a draft pick to get a D-Lineman more than we need a linebacker. Somebody needs to knock some sense into Snyder, and tell him not to make this trade. His proclivity to spend lots of money has become a vice and is killing this team.

6)The draft day part won't be as fun with such a late pick in the draft.