Urlacher Wanted To Play For Cowboys, Now Open To TV Gig
Now retired Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher admitted he wanted to play for the Dallas Cowboys this season.
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Now retired Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher admitted he wanted to play for the Dallas Cowboys this season.
While it was clear that Urlacher was a remarkable athlete, it wasn't clear in the days and weeks leading up to his selection what position he would play in the NFL.
Here are five Windy City athletes who looked the weirdest playing for a team other than the one they're best known for.
Following Brian Urlacher's retirement announcement, Chicago Bears chairman George McCaskey has released the following statement:
If you want to get a good look at the type of person and player Brian Urlacher really was, look no further than former Bears general manager Jerry Angelo.
As it always does, Twitter exploded when Brian Urlacher announced his retirement.
And while one of the greatest defensive players of an organization mythologized for its defenses is likely feeling the deep sting of what Marcellus Wallace called "pride @#$%ing with you," he will grow to realize what many of us already knew. This is right call.
In the wake of his retirement, officially announced Wednesday morning, check out this video of some of Urlacher's biggest hits from his 13-year career with the Bears.
What do you think? Is Urlacher a Hall of Famer?
Hidden in the brush-off Lance Briggs gave the media yesterday is a much larger issue facing a team trying to push one side of the ball into modernity while keeping another rooted in the past.
