Briggs Threatens To Sit
13th March, 2007 - 5:43 am
FoxSports.com - The standoff between Chicago's Pro Bowl linebacker Lance Briggs and the Bears is officially moving to the next stage.

"I am now prepared to sit out the year if the Bears don't trade me or release me," Briggs told FOXSports.com via cell phone Monday. "I've played my last snap for them. I'll never play another down for Chicago again."

Briggs was scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent earlier this month but the Bears slapped him with the Franchise tag, which pretty much keeps him as their property for next season at a one-year salary of $7.2 million. [READ]

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