The latest on Briggs: Bears want more

[Oakland Red]

I've changed my mind about the Briggs deal. We need to let McIntosh have a chance to play. He was held back I think by Lindsey. Players need to feel like they will be trusted with an opportunity, and McIntosh deserves that, rather than being relegated to backup status.

Now Chicago wants more. Well, my response is that that is a joke. They can trade with someone else. Whoops, they don't have anyone else willing to trade for him. Yet they want even more. Too bad. Let Chicago have Briggs, and his 10 game holdout.

I am concerned the more I think about it how the Briggs situation came up. It doesn't have the feel of a Joe Gibbs managed situation. The agent is too involved, and there was word that Gibbs would be informed and consulted, as if he wasn't initiating this. Gibbs has to be in full control, or this franchise is in trouble.