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FanHouse found this 4/22/2008 on blogs.rotoworld.com [flag]
He's not exactly Lewis (or Clark), but Lance Briggs may be exploring unchartered territory this offseason. He may be the first player to express displeasure about his contract the month... [link]

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Lance Briggs, Certifiably Insane, Is Unhappy With the Contract He Signed Last Month
Published 4/22/2008 by Ryan Wilson at FanHouse
... guaranteed) contract the Jets gave linebacker Calvin Pace, so he's doing what any certifiably insane person would do: hold out and lose $250,000 in the process. Isn't Drew Rosenhaus Briggs' agent? What the hell has he been doing? Shouldn't somebody be scheduling a press conference to watch Briggs do shirtless sit-ups in his front yard or something? Oh, and the news gets worse for the Bears: Robbie Gould is missing voluntary workouts too. Hat tip: Pancake BlocksPermalink | Email this | Comments

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Lance Briggs is, simply, bonkers. This is too absurd not to be true, I think. Last month, Briggs re-signed with the Bears for presumably a lot less than he could've made last off-season had he avoided that whole messy holdout situation. He would end ...
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