It's been mentioned, and it happens every time. There's not much to discuss. They already used it. So they will either sign him for 2007, sign him longterm, or get a nice return via trade. Or the 4th option that happens to many franchised players-a long and drawn out holdout. I think Briggs will be more reasonable than that, but sometimes you never know. I wouldn't really call that a 4th option. It's something that might happen before one of those three things occurs, but it's not an outcome. Well, sometimes that either leads to trading him for much lesser value, or Briggs not showing up until week 10. Who was the last player to hold out utnil week 10 after being franchised? I honestly, don't know. If Briggs did something like that, he'd probably cost himself around 25 million dollars.