Lance Briggs - Potential Free Agent

[JoeRedskin]

As to Briggs, if we can get him at a competitive price then I'm all for it. (Vet min + incentives - I kid, I kid). Schneed's right - we are paper thin at LB and, again, I think GW's defense is really places a heavy burden on the LB's and Corners.

Given our cap status, I am not sure we will have a lot of flexibility in pursuing big names and, while I am sure we can make solid offers, there are a lot of teams that are way under the cap. These teams can make huge offers (See SF for Nate Clements last year) that simply blow everyone out of the water. Some of these same teams are not big players in FA, but every now and then they may wish to "go big" to convince their fan-base that they are serious.

I also think the UFA market tends to be pretty sparse these days as teams have realized that holding onto their own guys makes a lot more sense. Yes, even the Skins realized this.

With all this said, I do not expect Briggs to land here even though he would be a good pickup. I just see us as getting out-bid. As for other UFA's, I don't see anyone worth blowing up the salary scale for. Briggs? Yes. Berrian, Johnson? No.

I expect that we will resign, restructure most of our own and pick up some back ups like last year. We will probably make a play for Briggs but get out bid.