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Lance Briggs has escalated his situation with the Chicago Bears at a difficult time for the franchise.
The six-time Pro Bowl linebacker has formally requested to be traded with nine days to go until the start of the regular season. Briggs is unhappy with his contract – a $36 million, six-year deal he is halfway through – and he wants out after a holding a meeting with general manager Jerry Angelo.
"The Bears made their decision , now I have to make mine," Briggs told Vaughn McClure of the Chicago Tribune. "It's just how the business works. It's not going to take away from what I do on the field. I'm 100 percent a Bear, until I'm not a Bear anymore."