Not long after linebacker Lance Briggs sounded off during preseason that he wanted either a new deal or a trade out of Chicago, he and General Manager Jerry Angelo had a closed-door talk. Briggs wasn’t happy about his contract, which still had three years to run, and Angelo wasn’t happy with the spot Briggs put him and the Bears in.

The problem wasn’t that Briggs wanted the Bears to do something for him. It was that he went very public with a demand that forced the Bears to fold their arms and do nothing or else appear to be vulnerable to that sort of thing in the future from every player.

They’d taken care of players like Brian Urlacher, Tommie Harris and others with time on their deals, and they were willing to do something right by Briggs, who would play his way to a seventh consecutive Pro Bowl. But they weren’t going to start re-doing deals with three years remaining and taking it public was the last way to make the case.

Briggs agreed and apologized.

“It’s always good when you talk something out face-to-face, man-to-man, and Jerry was right,” Briggs told CSNChicago.com.

Settling the issue satisfied Briggs, who is expected to be given at least one added year to his contract, which currently runs through 2013. That will mean cash for Briggs and a secured franchise linebacker for the Bears.

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The Stache wrote:Good.

Im glad he admitted he was wrong. Stop bitching and play ball.