With plenty of activity within the past week involving Free Agent signings (& trades) in the NFL, lots of names get lost in the shuffle.  I've taken some time to recap all the free agent signings so far with the big names and the not so big names and briefly analyze if it is a good move, ok move or bad move for the team.

According to Foxsports.com, one year after saying he wanted out of Chicago during a contract impasse, Lance Briggs has decided he wants to be a Bear for the next several years.Briggs has agreed to a six-year deal with the Bears that includes $13 million in guaranteed money and 36 million overall.

ANALYSIS: OK MOVE

In the Bears defensive scheme, it is the effectiveness of the nose tackles that makes the middle linebacker more or less effective. It has nothing to do with the outside linebackers. Briggs played well without Urlacher and with him.  Urlacher does make anyone playing next to him better, but Briggs is a good player himself.  The only problem I have with Briggs is that he really hurt the unity of the team last year with all his off the field problems and trade rumors.  While Briggs is a good player, it does mean less money (or none) will go towards a new quarterback, running back, or offensive lineman which are what the Bears really need.

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There's nothing quite like it. Cheap ticket prices, amazing warm weather, the smell of hot dogs & freshly cut grass on the baseball diamond in February and early March. It's that time of the year again with Spring Training rolling around and getting us all excited for the upcoming 2008 MLB season. It's also time to make some bold predictions for the long season ahead of us. Of course with injuries, the inevitability of a surprise team, and a little lack of better judgement, predicting the MLB season is incredibly difficult to do. However, after looking at all the new free agent pickups, new coaches, and using basic instinct, I've come up with my predictions for the 2008 season. Some of my predictions may sound crazy, but the baseball season usually plays out that way, I mean who predicted the Rockies to go that far last season? Enjoy, because it's sure to cause some argument.

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