One of the biggest questions facing the Bears all off-season has been when linebacker Lance Briggs will end his holdout from training camp. Maybe it won't even begin. There were strong indications Tuesday night the two sides either were coming close to an agreement that would end a messy contract dispute or had solved it altogether. Reached on his cell phone, Briggs said "no comment" when asked if he had agreed to sign the one-year contract tender worth a guaranteed $7.2 million and report on time Thursday to the start of training camp in Bourbonnais.