Here's an article that I read today which makes so much sense. I don't want the skins to trade for Briggs. Granted he may be a back to back pro-bowler, he doesn't play in the 4-3 scheme that Greg Williams employs. Personally, I would like the skins to trade down in the first round and acquire an additional pick in the 2nd, then...trade down again in the 1st round and acquire a 3rd round pick. That way, they'll have a 1st, 2nd and 3rd round pick in the draft.
Wishful thinking I'm sure....
BRIGGS-TO-'SKINS MAKES NO SENSE
Apart from the fact that Bears linebacker Lance Briggs became a star in a pure Tampa 2 scheme that the Redskins don't run, there's another reason why it makes no sense, in our view, for the 'Skins to add Briggs to the team.
With two big-money free agent linebackers -- Marcus Washington and London Fletcher-Baker -- already in the starting lineup, the 'Skins wouldn't be getting the best return on their investment in Washington, Fletcher-Baker, and Briggs.
Why? Because a defense has three linebackers on the field roughly half of the time.
In the nickel and dime defenses, linebackers are replaced by defensive backs. Teams use the nickel whenever the opponent brings in a third receiver. Typically, that happens in second and long or third and more than three or four yards.
At a time when the 'Skins are still thought to be interested in adding Dre' Bly to a corps of cornerbacks that includes Carlos Rogers and Fred Smoot, it's simply not a good investment of cap dollars to write a big bonus check to Briggs, unless the team is thinking about parting ways with Washington and his base salary of $4 million in 2007.
