UFAs Briggs and Samuel

Given that two of our young defensive players, Rogers and McIntosh, are recovering from serious injuries, I was curious to get people's opinion on two big time unrestricted free agents: Lance Briggs and Asante Samuel. I know that Briggs is the most likely out of these two to come to Washington, but Samuel could be a nice addition to our defensive unit. I honestly think that had Samuel not gotten tagged last year by the Patriots, he would've come here.

First question is what is going to be done with McIntosh and Rogers?

are jacob bell and odom even free agents, if they are I say these would be excellent moves for the redskins. if not trade ladell betts for rights to Pacman Jones, Jacob bell and antwan ODOM. then draft jamall charles in the third round from Texas

are jacob bell and odom even free agents, if they are I say these would be excellent moves for the redskins. if not trade ladell betts for rights to Pacman Jones, Jacob bell and antwan ODOM. then draft jamall charles in the third round from Texas

I believe they both are free agents. Regardless, suppose they weren't-did you just say trade Betts for Odom, Bell, and Pac Man??

it could go either way..i think Briggs would bring the immediate impact over samuels. But i wouldn't mind having either one

Briggs would be nice but he would be too pricy... We all know by the way he held out in Chicago that he thinks hes way better than he actually is.

The latest reports are that McCintosh will be ready for camp. I honestly don't see were Briggs brings anything off the edge and I also believe he is better in Chi-town because off Urlacher. But Blache should be a good judge if Briggs is a good fit or not.

Yes, that is just what we need. More FAs in long term deals. Shelf life of most of these guys is 5-8 years, tops. We need to build with young, hungry talent from the draft. As long as someone other than DS is in charge of talent eval and selection.

don't waste big money on LBs when slightly lesser talent is available cheaply.

briggs would be nice, but not over a stud WR or DE and that's where i rather put the money, if possible.

either way, when you change staffs like we just have, the first year back probably isn't going to be a great run into the playoffs, so it might be better to wait a year, give the cap some room and see how well the guys we have are playing in december.

I mean, if a great deal comes up, that's one thing, but overspending when we're just not in a (historically) good position to make the playoffs, well, that'd just hurt us even more down the road, especially when we're talking about guys that don't really address an immediate need.

Agreed, stay with the younger guys with more upside. Stop overpaying DS

I am not entirely opposed to the idea of bringing Briggs here for the right price. As for Samuel, I think the draft has several good DBs that the need for him really isn't there. Especially not at the high price he'd command.

I completely agree. I would pay for Briggs, but not for Samuel, especially after that huge contract the Nate Clements got in SF. Samuel will no doubt look for something better than the $80 mill that Nate got.