In the third round of this year’s draft the Bears selected a player – center Hroniss Grasu. If they get a fraction of what the last third-round No. 55 gave them over more than a decade, it will have been a sterling pick.
That No. 55 was Lance Briggs, the 2003 third-rounder and seven-time Pro Bowl linebacker. On Wednesday, Briggs announced his plans to retire and moving on to work as an analyst with Comcast SportsNet Chicago’s “Pre- and Post-game Live” broadcasts.
Selfishly, this is great news. Lance will join Dan Jiggetts and Jim Miller, giving us three very bright bulbs who know the Bears and the game, and with host Chris Boden, the ability to present the things that matter in ways that make sense both to the former player and to “civilians.