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Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:13 am EDT

Bears Briggs: 'I'm definately not going to miss the season'

By Joe Zedalis

Chicago Bears linebacker Lance Briggs said he wasn't the first man to cut himself shaving with a straight razor. He also isn't the first player to try and hide an injury from his team, either.

Briggs, the Pro Bowl linebacker, who sustained a minor cut on his right palm while shaving, returned to voluntary workouts Tuesday without limitation, according to the Chicago Tribune.

"I'm definitely not going to miss the season," Briggs said with sarcasm. "I'm not the first person to cut themselves with a grooming mechanism."

The minor injury was revealed after the Sun-Times published a photo of the player signing autographs in Algonquin last weekend. Briggs, who is left-handed, had bandages around his right hand in the photo.

Team trainer Tim Bream examined Briggs on Tuesday and the linebacker worked out with a bandage covering the cut. Briggs had been a regular participant in the program until Monday. Briggs laughed at the suggestion he might be disciplined for not immediately reporting the mishap.

Source: Chicago TribuneNew Window

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  1. wwsd
    1. Posted by wwsd Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:29 am EDT

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    1st
    Ha Ha
  2. Banzai Pipeline
    2. Posted by Banzai Pipeline Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:54 am EDT

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    2nd! He must have had harry palms
  3. Banzai Pipeline
    3. Posted by Banzai Pipeline Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:54 am EDT

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    HAIRY palms
  4. millz
    4. Posted by millz Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:11 am EDT

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    lol
  5. J. Angle
    5. Posted by J. Angle Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:14 am EDT

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    Did he cut it after his magical CAR CRASHED ITSELF AGAIN?
  6. Furiousd
    6. Posted by Furiousd Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:37 am EDT

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    and this is news why?
  7. G. F.
    7. Posted by G. F. Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:42 am EDT

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    It's "definitely", folks.
  8. User
    8. Posted by User Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:43 am EDT

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    "Definately"? Nice headline misspelling... dopey writers....
  9. Uncle Stanley McGoober
    9. Posted by Uncle Stanley McGoober Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:21 am EDT

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    you guys are wrong, it is spelled definitely, but Briggs said definately
  10. Flammy The Belly Lint
    10. Posted by Flammy The Belly Lint Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:44 am EDT

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    11th place- I'm so cool- where's my award?
  11. Adam K
    11. Posted by Adam K Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:38 am EDT

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    How long ago was spellcheck invented? Geez, I swear, these people couldn't pass high school english.
  12. Robert B
    12. Posted by Robert B Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:59 am EDT

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    Can you spell "slow news day"?
  13. Hitman
    13. Posted by Hitman Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:50 am EDT

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    what was he doing with a straight razor?
  14. Kevin L
    14. Posted by Kevin L Wed Apr 29, 2009 1:38 pm EDT

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    @13... I'm going to go out on a limb and say shaving.. I wasn't there so that's really just a guess.
  15. Richard H
    15. Posted by Richard H Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:57 pm EDT

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    off season crap
  16. cap_killer
    16. Posted by cap_killer Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:59 pm EDT

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    No story here. Just a bunch of pathetic Pecker fans hoping Briggs wouldn't be available to break that Nancy-boy QB of theirs in half......
  17. DreamEnder
    17. Posted by DreamEnder Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:00 am EDT

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    bears suck packers what? when our new quarterback is now the best in the nfc north? packers take it in the ass
  18. Pookiey
    18. Posted by Pookiey Thu Apr 30, 2009 4:43 am EDT

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    Live the man along their must be other thing he had done!
  19. Casey
    19. Posted by Casey Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:33 am EDT

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    Hey DreamEnder if he's such a Great QB why did Denver want to get rid of him?????Because he's a loser he'll fit right in with the rest of the team Bears arent any better than the Lions
  20. cap_killer
    20. Posted by cap_killer Thu Apr 30, 2009 11:18 pm EDT

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    #21 (Another Pecker-a55-licker):
    "Bears arent any better than the Lions"
    You are a 5hithead. The Lions last we checked were 0-16. Every team in the NFL is better than the Lions.
    Just a history review for the Pack and their fans: You guys were on top in the mid/late 60's with Lombardi, Starr, and all. After that you guys were invisible for what 25 years? Now that the Favre era is over guess what? Time for another 25 years of NOTHING..........Fade to black..........
    Aaron Rodgers. Please. This guy could be out of football in 2 years. He sucks.
  21. Jaybird
    21. Posted by Jaybird Fri May 01, 2009 1:01 pm EDT

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    some of you are such douche bags!i would like to see Briggs smash you!
  22. Jaybird
    22. Posted by Jaybird Fri May 01, 2009 1:06 pm EDT

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    Some of you are such douche bags!i would like to see Briggs smash you wacker fans!
  23. Rob T
    23. Posted by Rob T Fri May 01, 2009 4:26 pm EDT

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    You Packer fans are dillusional if you think Jay Cutler is a loser and that Aaron Rodgers is a somebody. Maybe you're right though...Twenty-five-year-old QB's that go to the Pro Bowl usually do turn out to be losers, don't they? Why wasn't Aaron Rodgers in the Pro Bowl... oh, that's right, HE SUCKS! I can't wait for the first game of the season when Cutler makes the "Packers" live up to their name. You guys pack more fudge than meat or cheese, don't you?
  24. www.110976.com
    24. Posted by www.110976.com Fri May 01, 2009 5:53 pm EDT

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    love the headline - how do you spell "definitely"?

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