SAINTS/BEARS- Brian Urlacher

by Adam T on Jan 22, 2007 1:18 PM CST in News

You think I'm overrated? You think I care? There you are sitting in your pretty suits and cushy seats while I am out here in the cold and muck defending my house. I AM the monster of the midway. You want to come into my den and taunt me, Reggie? You probably messed your pants when you saw me behind you. Only reason I didn't leave you a mess of twigs and leaves at the fifty is because I had to come from the other side of the field. To all of those who dared to doubt me, KNEEL! KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!

I don't think I have to really explain what Urlacher means to this team. He is this squad's leader and they look to him to set the tone and intensity. He is in on almost every play and if he isn't he is right there in case his boys can't finish the job. How many catches did Bush have when Urlacher was covering him? I think that be none, son. Urlacher is the best linebacker in the league, bar none. Everybody seems to think it funny to talk about his lack of a sack, but how often did he actually blitz or rush the QB? That is not where he is needed. Why would anybody line him up on the line when he can roam and reek havoc wherever he goes?

With the offense owning about 35 minutes of possession, it didn't leave the defense a lot of time to rack up stats. Harris had 9. Everybody else was in the 4 and 5 range.

Urlacher can take Dallas Clark out of the equation if they so choose to use him that way and that would be a huge loss for Manning. I don't think Addai or Rhodes possess the speed or moves to shred this defense.

From Urlacher to the Colts: You tell 'em I'M coming... and hell's coming with me, you hear?(Nothing like a good Tombstone quote to get your point across).

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Harris blew that

play on Bush.

First rule of Tampa 2:
Don't give up the big play

Harris took the underneath angle instead of going over the top of the pick, boom, wide open Bush.

It appeared on the replays afterwards that's what Urlacher was telling him as well.

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by thecubreporter on Jan 22, 2007 1:31 PM CST reply actions

yeah

he should have gone over the top (something Urlacher surely explained to him) but it was a pick play to begin with, which didn't help things. If the WR (I believe it was Colston) actually runs his rout and doesn't impede Harris's progress (Illegally), maybe it turns out differently. With Bush's speed though, it probably doesn't.

by cookding @ Windy City Gridiron on Jan 22, 2007 2:45 PM CST up reply actions

No...

it was not an illegal pick.

There is no question that Colston's route got in the way of the defender, that does not make it illegal. Most teams run similar plays that have a "pick" built into the route, and they are typically not illegal.

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by big_lowitzki on Jan 22, 2007 2:47 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah, really

Nothing illegal about it.

by tyger1147 on Jan 22, 2007 8:14 PM CST up reply actions

It was a good play call

but Harris took the wrong door. He goes over the top instead of underneath, it's a 10-15 yrd play.

Manning didn't help either, should have done more to force him to the sidelines I think. Bush should have done more not to piss off the Bears D by taunting Urlacher. Dumbass...

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by thecubreporter on Jan 22, 2007 2:51 PM CST up reply actions

Urlacher

I've said it elsewhere and I'll say it again. Urlacher is a damn stud. I fully expect him to come up big in two weeks.

first the Rush...now the Bears.

by mike @ Windy City Gridiron on Jan 22, 2007 1:52 PM CST reply actions

Urlacher may be able to stop Dallas Clark

but he has nothing on quick slant Ricky Proehl :)

Go Seahawks!!!

by Scruffy Lefty @ Windy City Gridiron on Jan 22, 2007 2:03 PM CST reply actions

Is there anything more fun...

Then watching Ricky Proehl get laid out, yet again?

by Chad @ Windy City Gridiron on Jan 22, 2007 2:25 PM CST up reply actions

The man comes up big in Super Bowls

Watch out :)

Go Seahawks!!!

by Scruffy Lefty @ Windy City Gridiron on Jan 23, 2007 1:48 AM CST up reply actions

Looks like we converted this Seattle fan into...

... a Bears fan. I'm glad you finally came out of the closet.

by beardown on Jan 23, 2007 6:36 AM CST up reply actions

WCG is more

fired up than the Bears about the disrespect....

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by thecubreporter on Jan 22, 2007 2:42 PM CST reply actions

I am just fired up Period

I am just going ramble and post and hoot and holler my way straight up to the Super Bowl.

by Adam T on Jan 22, 2007 4:14 PM CST up reply actions

Clark

I imagine there'll be a post or two about this in the future, but I like our match up on Clark. Moreso than the Chiefs or Pats could muster. Neither of them have a dirth of atheleticism in the back 7 like us. Certainly, Urlacher can make things a bit more difficult. Briggs could probably manage it too. Hell, in a pinch, either of the Mannings could check him too (something I feel we might see come Feb 4). Plus, Hillenmeyer's coverage ability seems to have come on of late.
Hopefully we can. Clark has been playing really well lately.

by cookding @ Windy City Gridiron on Jan 22, 2007 2:49 PM CST reply actions

hunter is my pick to go after clark

leaving briggs and urlacher to shut down any potentially big runs and create havoc all over the field. hunter prevented a TD to stevans and is quite athletic himself, so i'd like to see him work on clark. if this happens, i foresee a huge game from urlacher - not that it wouldn't happen, anyway.

by guy incognito on Jan 22, 2007 3:21 PM CST up reply actions

Dallas Clark - Hunter Hillenmeyer

I'm not sure how their speed compares, but I'd be curious to look into that. Obviously if you can put Hillenmeyer on him that helps a ton. Hopefully that is something that we can and hopefully that is something that Rivera has considered.

If Urlacher is free to roam the Bears will be in much better shape, and I could see him walking away with some hardware like Richard Dent.

first the Rush...now the Bears.

by mike @ Windy City Gridiron on Jan 22, 2007 3:44 PM CST up reply actions

exactly

if hunter can handle clark, that leaves urlacher and briggs to take care of any runs that get by the DL and any underneath passes. that plays to our strengths big time - 2 insanely fast pro-bowl LBs taking care of the middle of the field. if the line can generate some pressure against manning (you can't blitz him, he will kill you, and sacks will be tough, but hitting him hard and getting him to rush throws would be huge), our D could really frustrate them.

by guy incognito on Jan 22, 2007 4:06 PM CST up reply actions

you guys are high...

Urlacher's job is the deep middle and that's where dallas clark roams.

by Chad @ Windy City Gridiron on Jan 22, 2007 4:07 PM CST up reply actions

Btw

I guess Tank finds out tomorrow if he can go to Miami.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/lester_munson/01/22/tank.johnson/index.html

and so far the bond is set pretty high which apparently isn't a good sign. Hope he's a Bears fan.

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by thecubreporter on Jan 22, 2007 7:33 PM CST reply actions

I'll be he lets him go...

If the whole point of law enforcement is for the betterment of society then what is the best thing here?

A high bond is more reason to come back to Illinois.

I mean, if all the hopes and prayers of the people of Chicago are pinned to this game, you think this guy wants the be the judge who cost the bears a Super Bowl. This is Chicago. And even if this guy is 100% on the up and up, you think he'll want to start his own car if he doesn't let Tank play.

by Chad @ Windy City Gridiron on Jan 23, 2007 12:38 AM CST up reply actions

Furthermore...

These judges are elected. You think the people of chicago won't remember this?

He will make Steve Bartman look as popular as Mike Ditka if he doesn't let Tank play.

by Chad @ Windy City Gridiron on Jan 23, 2007 12:40 AM CST up reply actions

Super Bowl Parties...

We're getting a big group of people together from Indiana to come up and watch the Super Bowl in Chicago... we wanna go to a restaurant or something close to downtown but aren't sure what places are having parties and what not. Anybody got recommendations on where we should try to go?

by bjshowalter on Jan 22, 2007 9:17 PM CST reply actions