Lance Briggs
Lance Briggs
Lance Marell Briggsis a former American football linebacker in the National Football League. He played college football at Arizona and was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the third round of the 2003 NFL Draft, where he played his entire 12-year career...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth12 November 1980
CityLos Angeles, CA
anywhere bears benchmark close defense good means people
It means a lot because the benchmark is the '85 Bears and their defense, and if we come anywhere close to where they were at least people can say we had a good defense that year.
stay thinking though
You'd see something and you're thinking like, 'Well, I've got to see here, even though I see the ball, I could make the play, but I'll stay here because I'm going to get graded down (by coaches) for this,'
nobody
We are the No. 1 defense. Nobody can take that from us.
games noticed
That was probably one of the games where we started to get some respect, started to get noticed a little bit.
bears expect showing shows
We've done some talking. To have a showing like this shows everyone what we can do. This is what we expect every week. This is the way the Bears should be playing.
chases creates guys michael runs
He runs all over the field. He chases down guys like Michael Vick . He creates havoc.
bay change division green magnitude winning
I don't think you can change the magnitude of winning in Green Bay or clinching the division in Green Bay.
coming guys head missed mistakes plays putting reason run seeing tend whatever wrap
Missed tackles are just mistakes for whatever reason -- putting my head down and not seeing what I'm doing, coming off my feet, whatever. I tend to not wrap sometimes, and I still get away with getting tackles. Some guys you don't wrap, and they're going to run through tackles. You just have to make plays when they're there.
grabbed leverage outside threw throw
I had outside leverage as the fullback went to the flat. I didn't think he was going to throw it. He threw it and I went and grabbed it and scored.
ball
This year, it's just working more on if it makes sense. So this year, if I see it, I'm like, 'Look, Coach, the ball is right there, can I just go get it?' He'll say go get it.
allow sound
We have to be technically sound and allow yourself to be a playmaker,
drive mistakes offense simple
The offense put us up, and we let them drive down the field. It was just simple mistakes. We'll get better.
fired
Everybody's fired up about what we can do.
production
It's always production over technique, but if you're going to come out of your technique, make the play. If you don't make the play, it's all on you.