Brian Urlacher
Brian Urlacher
Brian Urlacheris a former American football linebacker who spent his entire 13-year career playing for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He played college football for the University of New Mexico, where he was recognized as a consensus All-American and became one of the school's most decorated athletes...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth25 May 1978
CityPasco, WA
best defense extra year
We've had an extra year in the system. I don't see why we can't be the best defense in the league.
coming ended guys last next
We were young last time, too, and we ended up being 4-12 the next year. I'd like to think we'll be better next year. We have a lot of guys coming back. ... We're optimistic, but I'm not going to look at that right now.
good ourselves pressure protect stop
The No. 1 thing is you have to be able to protect the quarterback, ... If we put pressure on him and stop the run, we'll put ourselves in some good situations.
gets knows leader
That's our guy, and everyone knows it. He's our leader out there. He gets us going ? the whole team, not just the defense.
call good great
It was a great hit. The refs didn't call a penalty, so it was a good play.
easy mean
It's just a different mind-set around here this time. I know that's easy for me to say, but I mean it.
ball chance defense score stopping turn
Takeaways, stopping the run, and as long as we don't turn the ball over, I think we'll be OK. If we don't give them a chance to score with their defense on the field, we'll be OK.
call chance given good great healthy nice opportunity ourselves playoff problem rest sweep time
It's a good problem to have, if you call it a problem. And it is not a problem. Any time you have a chance to get an off week, it's a good thing. We have given ourselves a good opportunity to rest some guys. It would be nice to sweep our division. It would be great to get 12 wins, but so would having everyone healthy for a playoff game.
behind time
It's a non-issue; it's behind us now. That was a long time ago.
ball eight face guys moss randy run trying
It's a little different trying to run the ball with eight guys in the box. The Vikings haven't had to face that because of the Randy Moss factor.
team winning play
All I can do is go out there and play hard and try and help my team win, and that's what I'm going to keep doing.
play work-out plans
Steve Smith, thats what happened to us. He just kept making plays. We had a plan. We never really doubled him. We ran a lot of Cover 2, and obviously that didnt work out too good for us.
media two people
Two of the people I don't care about: fans or media,
running mistake team
But I hate the way our identity has changed. We used to establish the run and wear teams down and try not to make mistakes, and we’d rely on our defense to keep us in the game and make big plays to put us in position to win. Kyle Orton might not be the flashiest quarterback, but the guy is a winner, and that formula worked for us. I hate to say it, but that’s the truth.