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Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha
To be honest, I don't blame Briggs. I know a lot of people say that he shouldn't complain about getting a $7M salary when the average household income is $40,000, but that argument doesn't fly with me. The simple fact is that people try to get paid what they think they are worth, whether they are currently earning $15,000 per year, $150,000 per year, $1.5M per year, etc. I haven't met a single guy yet who has turned down a high paying job because they said, "ya know, I'm making a lot of money, but I'm not going to seek what I am worth because some households make a lot less than me."
Would Briggs be happy to get paid $7M per year? Of course. But he understandably doesn't want to sign a $7M 1-year deal, suffer a career-ending injury, and never play another down when the market suggests that he should be entitled to about a $15M SB on a 7-year deal worth $45M.
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This is what I'm saying here. If you remove said dollar amount frm the equation, it takes on a different light. Everyone is looking at the amount and justifying their argument based solely on that.
The Bears were at the table with this guy a year ago and things broke down on both sides. They knew the following year that the franchise tag was an option. In essence, they've used the rules to work in their favor. So one could possibly say, well, they stalemated talks with the intent of franchising the guy from jump street.