Lance Briggs Needs a Payday Loan
March 13th, 2007 by Levi MatthewsPity Lance Briggs.
The linebacker reportedly turned down a seven-year, $33 million deal in March 2006 and now the Bears general have placed the franchise player tag aroud his talented neck. This means the All-Pro will be forced to play the year for $7.2, missing out on the free agent riches that other, sub-par players have taken advantage of this off-season.
Or is he?
“I am now prepared to sit out the year if the Bears don’t trade me or release me,” Briggs told FoxSports.com on Monday night. “I’ve played my last snap for them. I’ll never play another down for Chicago again.”
Right. How dare the team agree with the rules made up by Briggs’ own player’s association and slap a franchise tag on him? Only $7.2 million? Merely the average of the five highest paid players at his position? That’s an insult that any hard-working Chicago fan paying hundreds of dollarsto attend a Bears game can fully relate to.
“People think I can’t afford to sit out the year — I can take out loans to get me through that year just fine because eventually I’ll have a deal somewhere,” Briggs told FoxSports.com. “There are things I can do to make sure I’m fine financially if I sit out. I can also decide what other course of action I can take as the season gets closer. The Bears have shown I’m not in their long-term plans so if that’s the case, I don’t want to be here.”
Is Lance Briggs saying he might apply for faxless payday loans? If so, we hope he’s aware of the triple digit APR on those resources?
But money might not be the only reason Briggs wants out of Chicago. He said he wants to be the leader of a team and knows he’ll never overtake Brian Urlacher in Chicago.
“I’ve talked to Brian about it,” Briggs said. “I’m a competitor and I want the same thing he has. I’ve learned a lot from Brian as a player and a leader and I eventually want to be ‘the man’ somewhere. I want to be like him and have everything put on me too. Obviously I’ll never be able to do that there.”
Maybe you should try to win a Super Bowl before you follow through on your personal, selfish dreams, Lance? Then again, without Thomas Jones - and with Rex Grossman still - that may not happen any time soon in Chicago.
