What do we think about Brian Urlacher?
I know what I think.
The guy was a supreme middle linebacker, a fluid, fast, hard-hitting — that is, wonderful — presence for the Bears’ defense.
With the underappreciated Lance Briggs beside him, “Urlacher the Linebacker’’ continued the long history of Bears nastiness in the middle of the collision-filled scrum that is the NFL.
Bill George, Dick Butkus, Mike Singletary, then Urlacher all played the middle position differently but brilliantly, and all are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Between them, the quartet gave Chicago fans 38 years of greatness.