Height/Weight: 6-1/244
| Birthdate: 11/12/1980
| Birthplace: Los Angeles Co., CA, USA
| Team: Chicago
| College: Arizona
| NFL Experience: 9
| Owned/Started%: 49/37
Briggs gets one-year extension: Bears linebacker Lance Briggs has agreed to a one-year contract extension through 2014. The veteran had 105 total tackles with four passes defensed and an interception in 2011. (Updated 04/11/2012)
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/26/12).
Fantasy Analysis
Briggs has had over 100 total tackles in seven of his nine years in the league, missing a total of four games in his career. We love him as a No. 2 Fantasy LB in Fantasy formats that count tackles. (Updated 04/11/2012).
05/07/2012 22:23 Lance Briggs calls Jonathan Vilma suspension 'a bunch of B.S.'
Over the weekend, and before Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma appealed his season-long suspension for his role in the bounty scandal, Bears linebacker Lance Briggs spoke about the difficult balance between player safety and football's intrinsically violent nature.
Bears linebacker Lance Briggs picked up 105 total tackles in 2011 after not doing so in 2010, but his stats continued to dwindle otherwise. He had no sacks, one interception, two forced fumbles and four passes defensed. Judging by his body of work over the last two seasons, it looks like Briggs is slowing down. He's still a candidate for over 100 total tackles, which is always nice, but he might not deliver much else. Consider him a middle- to low-end No. 2 Fantasy linebacker worth a middle- to late-round pick; do not be the guy to take him higher than that. (Updated 4/19/12)
