Chicago Bears TE Braunecker hoping Year 3 is charmed

Even by his own admission, Bears third-year TE Ben Braunecker is not an instant-impact kind of guy.

Brian Urlacher is scheduled to appear at Football Legends Live, 8pm on Saturday, Sept. 8th at the Raue Center.

And, even though his major at Harvard was molecular and cellular biology as preparation for future plans to attend medical school, Braunecker admits he sometimes takes awhile to get the lay of the land in a new situation.

“I’ve always been the guy to not step into an environment and immediately thrive,” he said. “I like to -- I guess subconsciously -- feel it out and find a way to succeed at it; figure out the problems and then solve them. I think this being Year Three, I’m really…