2001-2010 All-Bears Team: Linebacker #3

by Steven Schweickert on Jul 24, 2011 3:00 PM CDT in Poll

After this, just one safety and one cornerback to go on defense... Cornerback on Wednesday, then the Safety will go up on Saturday. For now though, let's get the third linebacker. Who's joining Urlacher and Briggs? Follow me past the jump for our last look at the candidates...

Oh, and you can still vote for the first safety spot right here!

Hunter Hillenmeyer: 5th-round draft pick of the Packers in 2003, never played a snap for them, joined the right side the same year. Eight-year Bear, played 13 games in every year except 2010 (concussion symptoms). NFLPA representative. Very serviceable starter, filled in at MLB when Urlacher was injured. 7.0 Sacks, two interceptions, six forced fumbles including four in 2009, 289 tackles with 93 assists.

Rosevelt Colvin: Played for the Bears from 1999 to 2002 as a fourth-round draft pick. In 2001 and 2002, played all 32 games with 28 starts. 21 sacks, two interceptions, six fumbles forced, 116 tackles with 18 assists.

Warrick Holdman: Another fourth-round pick of the Bears in 1999. Left the Bears in 2003 for Cleveland, then from there to Washington, and retired in 2006. Since 2001, has 1.5 sacks, an interception, 12 passes defended, five forced fumbles, and 171 tackles with 42 assists, including his 2001 campaign of 95 tackles with 14 assists.

Nick Roach: Joined the team in 2007 out of Northwestern as an undrafted free agent; started 30 of 48 games he's participated in. Has two sacks, six passes defended, three forced fumbles, and eighty tackles with 35 assists.

This one should be closer than the other two... Got another option? Vote "Other" and tell us who we missed!

Poll

Who should be the third linebacker on the 2001-2010 All-Bears Team?

Hunter Hillenmeyer

119 votes

Warrick Holdman

9 votes

Rosevelt Colvin

87 votes

Nick Roach

19 votes

Other

1 votes

235 votes | Poll has closed

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I voted Holdman

He of the checked box fiasco.

in•san•i•ty \in-ˈsa-nə-tē\ noun
1 : The practice of repeating the same action while expecting different results.

by Timothy Hockemeyer on Jul 24, 2011 3:28 PM CDT reply actions

Sacked by Colvin

gotta love it

. "Most football teams are temperamental. That's 90% temper and 10% mental."
--Doug Plank

by ed_brown on Jul 24, 2011 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions

Holdman

dude was solid

I'll roll up

by suckmyditka on Jul 24, 2011 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions

Hillenmeyer's my boy

Second to none as a backup option. Plus I’m a pretty recent Bears fan so I have more memories attached to him than everyone else.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent - Salvor Hardin

by badsamaritan on Jul 25, 2011 1:54 AM CDT reply actions

I love me some H², but.....

I’m not sure how he’s winning this. He lost his job to Roach, and both Holdman and Colvin were better LBs.

He had more heart than any of ’em, though, so I guess I can see it.

in•san•i•ty \in-ˈsa-nə-tē\ noun
1 : The practice of repeating the same action while expecting different results.

by Timothy Hockemeyer on Jul 25, 2011 6:35 AM CDT reply actions

Loyalty, I'd guess...

His accomplishments might be lower than the other guys on this list, but his loyalty to the franchise is a massive boon to his case. 8 productive years in a Bears jersey? Probably aren’t too many ppl out there that can say that. And being the primary backup to Urlacher isn’t a terrible place to be either. Not to mention he was the starting SLB on our SB team. Bears fans have a massive soft spot for that team, look at the Offensive Line rankings we put together.

by Doshi on Jul 25, 2011 8:01 AM CDT up reply actions