Lance Briggs Quotations

Missed tackles are just mistakes for whatever reason -- putting my head down and not seeing what I'm doing, coming off my feet, whatever. I tend to not wrap sometimes, and I still get away with getting tackles. Some guys you don't wrap, and they're going to run through tackles. You just have to make plays when they're there.

I had outside leverage as the fullback went to the flat. I didn't think he was going to throw it. He threw it and I went and grabbed it and scored.

I don't think you can change the magnitude of winning in Green Bay or clinching the division in Green Bay.

I get to play with somebody who I can trust is going to be there. He allows me to be a little more free on the field because he's a guy you know is going to be there and make the play.

If we were to have to play in the first round, it would be just fine. I don't look at it that way. I just look at the bye as earned.

We've done some talking. To have a showing like this shows everyone what we can do. This is what we expect every week. This is the way the Bears should be playing.

He runs all over the field. He chases down guys like Michael Vick . He creates havoc.

I think we're in the mix of putting something together incredible.

I think we're in the midst of putting something incredible together.

Last week I was talking about wanting to finish big plays. Those are the big plays that I'm talking about. Those are the things I have to tune up. It's a good sign when you see linebackers around the quarterback. But I have to finish that play.

My reaction was I was just relieved. I don't have to think about it anymore.

That was probably one of the games where we started to get some respect, started to get noticed a little bit.

We are the No. 1 defense. Nobody can take that from us.

We have to be technically sound and allow yourself to be a playmaker,

This year, it's just working more on if it makes sense. So this year, if I see it, I'm like, 'Look, Coach, the ball is right there, can I just go get it?' He'll say go get it.

You'd see something and you're thinking like, 'Well, I've got to see here, even though I see the ball, I could make the play, but I'll stay here because I'm going to get graded down (by coaches) for this,'

As far as this year, our goals are through the sky right now, ... Some of the goals we have right now, a lot of people might think are unattainable or farfetched. We believe with the unit we have put together, we can do it.

As far as I'm concerned, I made a play,

This is Green Bay. I don't think I really need to say the magnitude of winning in Green Bay and clinching our division in Green Bay.

This is what we expect every week. This is the way the Chicago Bears should be playing.

It's a great moment we're having here, and you are going to ruin it by talking about that? The chance to do that meant a lot to us. But we won, so I can't dwell on it. It's just a number, and we can't make any more of it than that.

It's always production over technique, but if you're going to come out of your technique, make the play. If you don't make the play, it's all on you.

It means a lot because the benchmark is the '85 Bears and their defense, and if we come anywhere close to where they were at least people can say we had a good defense that year.

The offense put us up, and we let them drive down the field. It was just simple mistakes. We'll get better.

Everybody's fired up about what we can do.

He's the best linebacker in the league. He's making it happen all day, every day.

I don't think I really need to say the magnitude of winning in Green Bay and clinching our division in Green Bay. This is the Packers, our biggest rival.

I caught it, ran, scored, got some high-fives. It was easier than I thought.

I came in tight and he tried to duck underneath, and I came right up under his chest. He fell back, and the ball came loose. As far as I'm concerned, it was a legal hit.