future of LB's...

[Pack_Attack88]

PackersUpdate just put up a new article that Barnett wants major green!! My question is, if the Packers are willing to pay him what he wants, would you all rather have Barnett or have TT go out and spend that kind of jack on Lance Briggs and then let Barnett walk??

I figure if TT is gonna end up spending the money anyways, I want Lance Briggs instead and let Barnett go after next season...

Does anyone know how old Briggs is?? And imagine next season with Briggs, Barnett, and Hawk as our LB's!! WoW!!!!!

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I'd give it to Briggs. He's more physical. I'd put Hawk in the middle and Briggs on the weak side.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Briggs will get more than Barnett, and he likely won't be available. How about both of them? I'm not sold on Poppinga.

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Briggs will get more than Barnett, and he likely won't be available. How about both of them? I'm not sold on Poppinga.

Is it a good idea to tie that much money up into that position?

[Bretsky]

Briggs will get more than Barnett, and he likely won't be available. How about both of them? I'm not sold on Poppinga.

AMEN; the only think I've ever loved about Brady was his last name.

Regarding the other stuff, we should have been working on a contract with Barnett for a long time now. TT needs to get it done.

The odds of Briggs coming to GB are not likely so TT needs to open up his wallet with this one.

[wist43]

No comparison between Briggs and Barnett...

Let Barnett walk, move Hawk to the middle, and look to fill the weakside...

[Bretsky]

No comparison between Briggs and Barnett...

Let Barnett walk, move Hawk to the middle, and look to fill the weakside...

Then we have two spots to fill; be honest with yourself and look around your Barnett hatred.

He was hands down our second best LB last year; no doubt about that.

I'd surely take Briggs over Barnett; but I don't want to give him away and take my chances.

[Zool]

Hawk, Briggs and Barnett would get roughly $15mil /year combined I would guess. Thats an awful lot of money tied up in LB's. If that happens, we better switch to a 3-4 and keep Pops as the rush end.

[MJZiggy]

You can also take a look at the defensive performance from before Barnett broke his hand to after. The D was significantly better when he was healthy.

[ND72]

Ok, for all of you to know, Hawk is NOT a MLB. He's not. People say he played MLB in college, but he didn't. Anthony Schlegel was OSU's MLB. Barnett proved his worth in the Seattle game when he didn't play. Hodge is no where ready to play at the NFL level, and Barnett had a very solid year, and can still improve a lot based on our TEAM improvement. Do you invest in both Barnett and Briggs, yes. Why? cause we have money, and the cap will go up every year to help us with it. You people are crazy if you think we need to drop Barnett.

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You can also take a look at the defensive performance from before Barnett broke his hand to after. The D was significantly better when he was healthy.

thats true ziggy

he was playing great before the injury, he definatley looked like he stepped it up a notch this year

[Lurker64]

I think we should sign Barnett and Briggs so as to corner the market on linebackers. If nobody else has linebackers, it will make the ZBS more effective. People will be running formations like five linemen and six defensive backs, it will be chaos!

[prsnfoto]

I don't think most people think Barnett sucks cept Wist but he is only alittle above average thats my problem he wants Urlacher or Ray Lewis money not worth it, 5 million max. One other note he was not that strong this year he gave up the most plays over twenty yards other than Manuel and he was doing it before he broke his hand. That is a major red flag on this team that stat should 99% of the time be led by a corner we had a safety and LB leading, not good.

[GoPack06]

Briggs is still real young, i think he's 26. Briggs is gonna be one of the top paid Lb's in football. I'd love to have him, but i like our current Lb's and would rather spend money on our db's and safties.


I also like the fact that Barnett has missed like 2 games since being drafted. He's a solid player, id like to see a contract extension for 5 years.

[Zool]

I think we should sign Barnett and Briggs so as to corner the market on linebackers. If nobody else has linebackers, it will make the ZBS more effective. People will be running formations like five linemen and six defensive backs, it will be chaos!

I like how you think Lurker. This is a solid course of action.