I've been a massive Lance Briggs homer since his rookie season and it isn't because I follow college football, because I don't. I simply remember some unknown linebacker making plays left and right whose name didn't start with "Brian" and end with "Urlacher" and I wanted to know who this guy was. During his second year I started to hear broadcasters mention his name and mention that the Bears coaching staff were very impressed with him. This gave me some degree of assurance that I wasn't just hallucinating, but when the year ended and he didn't end up as a pro bowler or all pro I was pissed. The next year the Bears won their division and Lance fucking Briggs made his first of seven straight pro bowl appearances. I knew then that my eyes had NOT deceived me! A few years later his contract was up and there was a "debate" among Bears fans as to whether or not they should re-sign him or re-sign Bernard Berrian. This "debate" made me question the sanity of about half the fanbase of the Chicago Bears. One day I was watching the good ole' TV and I heard Briggs state that he would never play another down for the Bears again. I was fucking heart broken. If I recall, literally one day later I heard that he had been signed to a contract extension and was overcome with relief and joy! Many fans and media people have compared Dick Butkus and Brian Urlacher, and I get it. Both are legends who played middle linebacker for the Chicago Bears, and they look very similar from their height to their skin color to their shaved heads and everything else. But if you ask me, the man who most embodied the violence, the the ruthlessness, the tenacity, and the overall spirit of Butkus on those great Lovie defenses it was Lance Briggs. It will be a crime if this man is not inducted into Canton. From roughly '07 to '12 there was no player I enjoyed watching play the game of football than Lance Motherfucking Briggs.
He was so so under rated and I don't say that often about players. He and Urlacher really was a great team. Brian even mentioned how Lance should be in the HOF.
I didn't mind Cutler too much. I know it is rare for a Bears fan to say, but to be honest he had no line, only a couple of years with stud receivers, and a new playbook practically every year.
Dre Jackson yeah but when he had Kyle long, bushrod, Jordan mills etc, they gave him time and he still held onto the ball too long and sometimes would get himself hurt. I love cutler too but he wasn’t the guy for Chicago. He was tough but he wasn’t a firey Guy. Chicago had a lot of personalities in that locker room and besides Urlacher, we needed someone on offense who could contribute that same leadership and production on that side of the ball. Urlacher, Briggs, Peanut, and others on that defense gave Cutler extra opportunities to put points on the board. Especially in that NFC Championship game in 2010. Cutler had a lot of coordinators but eventually, you can’t blame all the coordinators for his performance. He had his best year under Adam Gase in Chicago. Cutler played in Miami with Gase this past season and it didn’t work out. Cutler had phenomenal talent. He could throw balloons at darts, and he had great mobility but his mindset limited him. I get that everyone isn’t a leader but you gotta atleast try and come out your shell and try to motivate people and be more vocal. If he had the work ethic like a Brady or Manning or even an Aaron Rodgers because both their skill sets are similar, cutler would atleast have one ring
And you can’t really blame that line either because Matt Forte was a consistent 1000 yard rusher behind that same line and was always one of the leaders in scrimmage yards throughout his career
Charles Johnson there’s been times where they gave cutler time and he still held onto the ball and would take unnecessary big hits. Look at the Philadelphia game In 2016 when he get injured, look at the San Francisco game in 2014. There’s a game In 2013 when he injured his groin again the redskins. He played a part in pass protection too. He had good centers. Olin Kreutz and Roberto Garza wasn’t horrible. Cody Whitehair made the Pro Bowl as a rookie. Maybe he was making the wrong Mike calls or sliding wrong In protection. But don’t get me wrong, he played behind bad lines. But he played behind some good lines when Trestman and Fox took over. Bushrod, Kyle Long, Jordan Mills before he was injured, Josh Sitton etc, the results were the same. He held onto the ball to long, get happy feet in the pocket, would get hit from behind and would fumble or throw a pick. He was guaranteed to turnover the ball atleast once a game.
The damage was done the first 4 years. A big reason Jay held on to the ball was because Hester and Knox often ran bad routes. Cutler had decent centers but terrible tackles. How many plays were ruined bc of holding, penalties and bad blocking? It is easier to run block. That is why tackles make the big bucks. You cant keep changing OCs either. If you want to blame Jay, I ask what OC they should have kept. The only decent OCs jay had was a washed up Martz and Gase for one year. Trestmans offense was figured out in the second year. Going from Martz to Tice was ridiculous. Cutler and Marshall were playing streetball in Tice's year.
I absolutely love Lance Briggs! I began watching Bears Football since 1981 and he is easily one of my Top 5 All Time favorite Bears! He was/is a great guy and he was hell on the field! Also, can we please stop trying to feed the lie that only geeks and nerds read comic books?!? I can't tell you how many athletes that I knew, and all of the pro athletes now, who read comics ALL OF THE TIME! Obviously Briggs is a big fan!
I'm too bald to get a hair transplant.... i do know alot of people are getting hair pigmentation which is tiny tattoos....mostly darker skinner people cuz it blends in with scalp....Basically they give u very tiny tattood ink that looks like stubble. Looks brutal on pale white guys. Seen tons of CZcams videos. My guess is Deion got a combination of hair plugs and the skin pigmentation.
Bears wasted so much talent Especially on that Defensive side. What a waste with Grossman & Cutler & all them other loser QBs. They BEST not waste yet another Defensive effort here with Trubisky. Draft another QB soon PLEASE
MOONWALKER lmfao. Go look at tape from Manning In his colts days, get a stop watch, and time the snap of the ball, to Manning releasing the ball and tell me how fast that ball was out on average. And Peyton knew his protections so I doubt it. He knew exactly where the ball should go and he never danced in the pocket and threw into double and triple coverage. Now in the playoffs, that’s a different story, but Manning knew what you were doing before the defensive coordinators called their play
Cutler is a great QB sadly he was surrounded by garbage the whole time he was with the Bears which is typical of the Bears which is why they have won only two titles since the 40s. Dan Hampton is right if the Bears of the 80s had Cutler as the QB they would have won the 4 Super Bowls they should have won
Great post always thought that Cutler was the best quarterback the Bears ever employed. Hopefully I will think that will change when Mitch gets a few years under his belt!
Love ya 55, thanks for the memories buddy.
He is one of da best underrated OLB of alltime....easy top 10-15 LB fir a decade n nfl.....he deserves a Gold Jacket
No doubt about it...!
Agreed.💀🔥
HOF KNOWS HE IS DESERVING OF THE ACOLADE👑
I've been a massive Lance Briggs homer since his rookie season and it isn't because I follow college football, because I don't.
I simply remember some unknown linebacker making plays left and right whose name didn't start with "Brian" and end with "Urlacher" and I wanted to know who this guy was. During his second year I started to hear broadcasters mention his name and mention that the Bears coaching staff were very impressed with him. This gave me some degree of assurance that I wasn't just hallucinating, but when the year ended and he didn't end up as a pro bowler or all pro I was pissed.
The next year the Bears won their division and Lance fucking Briggs made his first of seven straight pro bowl appearances. I knew then that my eyes had NOT deceived me! A few years later his contract was up and there was a "debate" among Bears fans as to whether or not they should re-sign him or re-sign Bernard Berrian. This "debate" made me question the sanity of about half the fanbase of the Chicago Bears. One day I was watching the good ole' TV and I heard Briggs state that he would never play another down for the Bears again. I was fucking heart broken. If I recall, literally one day later I heard that he had been signed to a contract extension and was overcome with relief and joy!
Many fans and media people have compared Dick Butkus and Brian Urlacher, and I get it. Both are legends who played middle linebacker for the Chicago Bears, and they look very similar from their height to their skin color to their shaved heads and everything else. But if you ask me, the man who most embodied the violence, the the ruthlessness, the tenacity, and the overall spirit of Butkus on those great Lovie defenses it was Lance Briggs.
It will be a crime if this man is not inducted into Canton. From roughly '07 to '12 there was no player I enjoyed watching play the game of football than Lance Motherfucking Briggs.
He was so so under rated and I don't say that often about players. He and Urlacher really was a great team. Brian even mentioned how Lance should be in the HOF.
Ran into Lance at a couple spots in Chicago and the guy talked with me like he had known me for years. Great Guy and Amazing Chicago Bear!
Jay Cutler is my favorite player ever had a cannon arm and was very underated
Yoooooo Chicago
BRIGGS!!
I didn't mind Cutler too much. I know it is rare for a Bears fan to say, but to be honest he had no line, only a couple of years with stud receivers, and a new playbook practically every year.
Dre Jackson yeah but when he had Kyle long, bushrod, Jordan mills etc, they gave him time and he still held onto the ball too long and sometimes would get himself hurt. I love cutler too but he wasn’t the guy for Chicago. He was tough but he wasn’t a firey Guy. Chicago had a lot of personalities in that locker room and besides Urlacher, we needed someone on offense who could contribute that same leadership and production on that side of the ball. Urlacher, Briggs, Peanut, and others on that defense gave Cutler extra opportunities to put points on the board. Especially in that NFC Championship game in 2010. Cutler had a lot of coordinators but eventually, you can’t blame all the coordinators for his performance. He had his best year under Adam Gase in Chicago. Cutler played in Miami with Gase this past season and it didn’t work out. Cutler had phenomenal talent. He could throw balloons at darts, and he had great mobility but his mindset limited him. I get that everyone isn’t a leader but you gotta atleast try and come out your shell and try to motivate people and be more vocal. If he had the work ethic like a Brady or Manning or even an Aaron Rodgers because both their skill sets are similar, cutler would atleast have one ring
And you can’t really blame that line either because Matt Forte was a consistent 1000 yard rusher behind that same line and was always one of the leaders in scrimmage yards throughout his career
Run blocking and pass blocking different things. Gabe Carami, Chris Williams, J'Marcus Webb. Enough said.
Charles Johnson there’s been times where they gave cutler time and he still held onto the ball and would take unnecessary big hits. Look at the Philadelphia game In 2016 when he get injured, look at the San Francisco game in 2014. There’s a game In 2013 when he injured his groin again the redskins. He played a part in pass protection too. He had good centers. Olin Kreutz and Roberto Garza wasn’t horrible. Cody Whitehair made the Pro Bowl as a rookie. Maybe he was making the wrong Mike calls or sliding wrong In protection. But don’t get me wrong, he played behind bad lines. But he played behind some good lines when Trestman and Fox took over. Bushrod, Kyle Long, Jordan Mills before he was injured, Josh Sitton etc, the results were the same. He held onto the ball to long, get happy feet in the pocket, would get hit from behind and would fumble or throw a pick. He was guaranteed to turnover the ball atleast once a game.
The damage was done the first 4 years. A big reason Jay held on to the ball was because Hester and Knox often ran bad routes. Cutler had decent centers but terrible tackles. How many plays were ruined bc of holding, penalties and bad blocking? It is easier to run block. That is why tackles make the big bucks. You cant keep changing OCs either. If you want to blame Jay, I ask what OC they should have kept. The only decent OCs jay had was a washed up Martz and Gase for one year. Trestmans offense was figured out in the second year. Going from Martz to Tice was ridiculous. Cutler and Marshall were playing streetball in Tice's year.
85 Bears cannot be topped.
The Buddha of Knowledge Michaels 00 Ravens
@@sloppyjo5371 oh yeah. I forgot.
Not a Bears "fan" but I did enjoy watching Briggs and Urlacher play , great LB tandem.
One of the dumbest decisions to make Mike Glennon your starting QB. It's right up there with choosing MVP Mitch Trubisky over Deshaun Watson.
YES,so glad his out,better for us bear fans
bear fans miss Cutler bad we should have begged him to stay here
Tony Romo wears a hairpeace.
I absolutely love Lance Briggs!
I began watching Bears Football since 1981 and he is easily one of my Top 5 All Time favorite Bears! He was/is a great guy and he was hell on the field!
Also, can we please stop trying to feed the lie that only geeks and nerds read comic books?!? I can't tell you how many athletes that I knew, and all of the pro athletes now, who read comics ALL OF THE TIME! Obviously Briggs is a big fan!
Then He bought a Lamborgini and wrecked it.
I remember that and he ran away from the wreckage.
Whatever he had in his System the night of the crash!! Make me want to hav some in my System!!
Hey that Lambo got stolen 😂
Jay Cutler was a genius. He robbed the NFL lol
Mike Glennon lol
Jeff Banfield mike glennon.....Napoleon Dynamite
L O L O L
I'm too bald to get a hair transplant.... i do know alot of people are getting hair pigmentation which is tiny tattoos....mostly darker skinner people cuz it blends in with scalp....Basically they give u very tiny tattood ink that looks like stubble. Looks brutal on pale white guys. Seen tons of CZcams videos. My guess is Deion got a combination of hair plugs and the skin pigmentation.
To this day. Cutler still doesnt show his face in Chicago. He puts on the fake nose with the stash if he does show up haha
Bears wasted so much talent Especially on that Defensive side. What a waste with Grossman & Cutler & all them other loser QBs. They BEST not waste yet another Defensive effort here with Trubisky. Draft another QB soon PLEASE
I think a huge problem was not having a solid backup and having Caleb Hanie
If Peyton Manning played behind that line he would've went 3 - 13.
*13-3*
MOONWALKER you don't Know football
MOONWALKER lmfao. Go look at tape from Manning In his colts days, get a stop watch, and time the snap of the ball, to Manning releasing the ball and tell me how fast that ball was out on average. And Peyton knew his protections so I doubt it. He knew exactly where the ball should go and he never danced in the pocket and threw into double and triple coverage. Now in the playoffs, that’s a different story, but Manning knew what you were doing before the defensive coordinators called their play
Cutler is a great QB sadly he was surrounded by garbage the whole time he was with the Bears which is typical of the Bears which is why they have won only two titles since the 40s. Dan Hampton is right if the Bears of the 80s had Cutler as the QB they would have won the 4 Super Bowls they should have won
PRHILL9696 alshon Jeffery. Martellus Bennett, devin Hester, etc. on offense and an amazing D led by Urlacher
PRHILL9696 you have to be trolling
DANIMAL is WRONG. the 1980s squads would have won 6!!!SBs with JAY CUTLER were he there!!!!
Great post always thought that Cutler was the best quarterback the Bears ever employed. Hopefully I will think that will change when Mitch gets a few years under his belt!
Bishop Boyd minimum 8 peat
The Bears ruined Cutler
lebeR Ogun Cutler ruined the bears
Cutler ruined Cutler
HOF❤
Brigg > Urlacher
LOL!