Brenda Briggs wouldn't call her son nervous, but he couldn't stay in one place. While the Bears appeared to be hammering out a long-term contract agreement with agent Drew Rosenhaus in April, Pro Bowl linebacker Lance Briggs was shuttling back and forth between his mother's home in Elk Grove, Calif., and Arizona, where he went to college -- working out and awaiting word.
It was the weekend before the draft, and the Bears were bracing for a big announcement, figuring they were close to ensuring they would have one of the NFL's best linebacking corps for years to come with Briggs next to Brian Urlacher.
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