NBC Sports Chicago: Not to focus on the negative, but how ironic to think about a Hall of Fame career starting with a demotion. Coaches installed you at strong-side linebacker on draft day, displacing Rosevelt Colvin, but it didn’t work, at all. What was the main problem?
BU: “People somehow think that ‘SAM’ is the easiest position, easiest to learn, and where, if you screw up, coaches think it’s not going to hurt our defense too bad. But for us, most linebackers, we’re used to playing in space, so it’s like all of a sudden you feel confined.