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Lance Briggs

OLB (retired)

Lance Briggs: facts drawn from the play-by-play.

FanIQ Research · May 10, 2026 · 6 facts, every one from the play-by-play

12-year career, all in Chicago. 7x Pro Bowler. 1x First-Team All-Pro (2005). The Urlacher running mate.

Milestone

Career honors

Stat	Value
Pro Bowls	7 (2005-2011, consecutive)
First-Team All-Pro	1 (2005)
Career tackles	~1,178
Career sacks	~16
Tm	CHI all 12 years

Reached SB XLI (Feb 2007) with the Bears — alongside Urlacher anchored CHI's NFC title run.

Milestone

Briggs 2006 CHI SB run

Stat	Value
CHI 2006 record	13-3
Pro Bowl	Yes (2006)
SB XLI	L vs IND 29-17

DB-tracked tackles peak: 100 in 2006, 86 in 2004, 85 in 2011. A model of weakside-LB consistency.

Trend

Briggs tackles by season (DB)

Season	Tackles
2004	86
2005 AP-1	74
2006 SB	100
2007	71
2009	73
2010	76
2011	85

Pro Bowls 2005-2011: 7 straight. After 2011: zero — but he played 3 more years as a CHI fixture.

Split

Briggs Pro Bowl distribution

Phase	Years	Pro Bowls
Pre-prime	2003-2004	0
Peak	2005-2011	7
Late career	2012-2014	0

Played his entire 12-year career in CHI — among the longest single-team LB tenures of the cap era.

Anomaly

CHI single-team LB tenure

Player	CHI Years
Brian Urlacher	13
Lance Briggs	12
Mike Singletary	12 (HOF)

He's 1 of only 6 LBs in NFL history with 7+ consecutive Pro Bowls.

Comparison

7+ consecutive Pro Bowl LBs

Player	Streak
Lawrence Taylor	10 straight
Junior Seau	12 straight
Ray Lewis	7 straight
DeMarcus Ware	7 straight
Lance Briggs	7 straight

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