Brian was always way, way more comfortable in front of 70,000 people in Lambeau Field, squaring off against Brett Favre, than he was in front of a microphone. And so it was on Saturday night, when 54 struggled at times to hold it together even with a prepared speech.
“I was a football player,” Urlacher said, “but that’s not who I am.”
Which pretty much said it all: “I just want to be remembered as a good teammate. That’s it.”
No shortage of those teammates in Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium: Lance Briggs, Roberto Garza, Olin Kreutz, Greg Olsen, Julius Peppers, Charles Tillman.