According to the Chicago Tribune, the Bears disgruntled linebacker Lance Briggs was close to signing his one-year franchise tender Wednesday.
There were strong indications Tuesday night the two sides either were coming close to an agreement that would end a messy contract dispute or had solved it altogether.
I’m not surprised that Briggs is thinking about reneging on his, “I’m done in Chicago” threats, but it is a little surprising that he may sign before camp. Most players have no problem holding out of the grueling training camp sessions, but once they catch a sniff of the regular season they come crawling back. Briggs is a competitor and I don’t care what he’s said in the past, he’s not going to want to lose out on $7.2 million this year to try and prove a point. We’ll see if he officially caves in and signs the tender within the next few days.
Update: Briggs caved.
