Behavior analysis: Bears already done as '07 contenders

"Still," he said, "I can't see them doing much."

I can't, either, and that's not a knock on general manager Jerry Angelo, coach Lovie Smith or Smith's assistants. It's an acknowledgement of a disturbing trend involving Super Bowl losers, as well as disturbing behavior by some of Chicago's top defensive players.

At the head of the class is Briggs, who rebelled after he was designated the team's franchise player -- demanding a trade and insisting he won't play for the Bears again. That means he doesn't show up for training camp, which means training camp just got a whole lot more interesting.

Look what happened with Dallas last summer when then-coach Bill Parcells was barraged with Terrell Owens questions. First, he bristled. Then, he just stopped answering. But at least T.O. was there. What do you think happens when Briggs pulls a no-show?

And he might not be the only one missing from the lineup. Johnson met with commissioner Roger Goodell this week after Johnson spent two months in jail on weapons charges. Johnson appealed for leniency, but I don't see how it happens. I mean, Jamal Lewis did time in the big house, too, and he was suspended two games by a commissioner more lenient than Goodell.

Plus, the timing is all wrong for Tank. He comes along when Goodell is determined to clean up the NFL's Guys Gone Wild and after the commissioner brought down the hammer on Pacman Jones and Cincinnati's Chris Henry.

The prevailing opinion is that Johnson sits down, with a half a season a possibility.

Then there's Brown, and don't ask me what happens there. The Bears don't have to budge, and they won't. I don't know what that does to Brown, but I have a pretty good idea what it means for team chemistry.

Give me that pen. I need it to delete Chicago from the Super Bowl.