Something fishy here. Why would he abandon the car unless he was hiding something, perhaps something circulating in his system? Funny how he panicked, but conveniently came to his senses several hours later, perhaps after he slept in off. He definately would not want to face a suspension in this very visible contract year, now would he? There is a cover up going on here, and to try to make light of it is deceitful by Briggs and the Bears. There are a lot of questions that need to be answered by Mr. Briggs. Goodell has really been on top of things since he took over, but looks like this may be the first dropped pass of his young career.

Let me guess; if Briggs was a second stringer, then the Bears would have suspended him for so many games and the Bears would have said that their organization does not tolerate such behavior.

But becaused Briggs is a starter, nothing is done.

He's screwed. Wrecking a Lamborghini is a felony, or should be.

I don't understand how someone like Vick gets crushed for something that isn't a big deal in his culture, yet Briggs gets a free pass. Unbelieveable!

Kevin - A multiple game suspension for a misdemeanor (leaving the scene of an accident)? That strikes me as a bit harsh. Yes, he probably was under the influence of something, but you can't suspend someone for what you THINK they did. And Will, how could the Bears or Goodell prove that he was under the influence when there were apparently no witnesses and they couldn't test him for drugs or alcohol?

rbpalmer:

They can prove nothing, which is exactly why he left the scene, rather than be arrested for DUI, wreckless driving and be suspended like he deserves. So the way to fix it? Flee and lie. Didn't work out to well for Vick, did it? It always catches up. The problem I have with the Bears is they got defensive one someone dared to question this ridiculously fishy situation. My problem with Goodell was he said he was fine with what Briggs told him. If he was fine with that lame "panick" excuse either Goodell is lying or really stupid. He should have said they had no comment on the situation until further information was gathered and that he spoke with the player. Don't be dumb enough to let someone weasle out of this because you have no proof. We are all smarter than that.

So the Bears cut one player who was arrested on drunk driving charges, whose charges were later dropped. Plus the NFL suspends the player for 4 games.

Lance Briggs flees the scene (a misdemeaner). Why do you flee when you have nothing to hide? He is a 200 plus pound dude. What the heck was he scared of? (other than getting caught and suspended)