Bears place franchise tag on Briggs
Chicago Bears02/17/2007 9:32 AM The Chicago Sun-Times reports the Bears placed the franchise tag on Pro Bowl LB Lance Briggs on Friday, meaning the club's highly-ranked defense is unlikely to lose one of its main cogs. Briggs receives a one-year tender for $7.206 million -- 10 times what he played for in 2006 -- and for another team to sign him away with an offer sheet, it would have to give the Bears a first-round pick this year and in 2008. The Bears have the right to match any offer. Read more