A linebacker gets his due

[FischInMich]

The off-season is often the best season for the Bears and so it was Wednesday, when they made another middle linebacker their highest-paid player ever.

Somewhere Bill George, Dick Butkus and Mike Singletary are smiling through gritted teeth. Unlike newly re-signed Brian Urlacher, each ex-Bears Hall of Fame middle linebacker had to beg on battered knees for money.


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[The_Philster]

BOURBONNAIS, Ill. (AP) They chanted loudly in unison: ''Urlacher! Urlacher!''

Fans were screaming for an autograph or trying desperately to catch a glimpse of the Chicago Bears' most recognizable and successful player as he made his way off the practice field.

Everyone wants to watch Brian Urlacher or, in some small fashion, be like him. That's why it seems nearly every football shirt worn by spectators at the Bears' training camp at Olivet Nazarene University bears his familiar No. 54....
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