The days between Lance Briggs' appearance in Super Bowl XLI and opening day 2007 have been filled to the brim with quality lessons for kids of all ages in the Chicagoland area and beyond. During his holdout, Lance showed our children that if you don't like the rules of the game you've agreed to play, you should just pick up your ball and go home. After the way he has handled this week's automotive incident, Briggs has shown our shorties that if an accident does occur, fleeing the scene, lying and covering your tracks are acceptable options (as long as you are a sure handed tackler with the speed and skill to excel in the cover-2 defense).

Nobody saw me crash my big wheel Ma… or maybe the neighbor's kid stole it… either way, you can't prove a thing!

Of course, Briggs' car contained no canine corpses or shotguns, so his incident pales in comparison to the big news of the day and will be forgotten. There is no doubt Briggs will be embraced in Chicago as soon as he makes his first big play - he will be cheered and celebrated as the elite athlete that he is… and many children will look up to this guy as a role model. All signs seem to indicate that Briggs is a good guy and a decent human being, but in the NFL, it seems like even the good guys have an amazing knack for setting a bad example.