thanks for many memorable moments during your career and continuing the tradition of Great ,
Hall of Fame , Bears linebackers !!!!  See you in Canton !!!

So he is providing?  Or has TER become a forum for football fans?

Have a nice day ,  Phil

I really hope this was a bad attempt at a joke. I really do.

He was the heart and sole of that team.

Yes , it's too bad his career ended with the controversy , but he was asking for a lot of  $$
given his age and recent knee injuries

The WORST thing an NFL franchise can do is to thank a player for his past performance by now over-paying for his current performance. Once you start spending big dollars on veteran players who can't possibly perform at a level commensurate to their salary, you will set the franchise back. It happens a lot with teams trying to make "one more run" by keeping aged/injury prone players on the roster. It is a recipe for failure.  

You don't treat a player of his caliber that way.

Hardy?  Or the ENTIRE league?  Evidently you think that 32 teams are all be wrong.

Think of all the greats in the twilights of their careers that were put out to pasture like an old horse to the glue factory. Sports is huge money, and loyalty is nothing. That's one reason college sports are so popular.

Money talks. If Urlacher had a lot left, trust me, some other team would have offered him a contract which would have been satisfactory to him. He would NEVER have retired and instead taken the millions in the blink of an eye. Don't think for one second, Urlacher has ANY loyalty to the Bears (i.e. if I can't play for the Bears, then I'm retiring). Players want to be paid. If their team won't pay him but some other team will, they are off to that next team in an instant.  

Hardy. This has nothing to do with 32 he is a Bear and he only wanted to be a Bear until he retired.

Say what you want, but the guy is a future HOF, one of the greatest LB to ever play the game.

Getting emotional??? Hahaha over what the Bears refused to give him another contract, I'm my opinion they're a GARBAGE organization. They also fired Lovie smith a coach with a 10-6 record.

Lets see how the Bears defense look next year without Urlacher, more importantly lets see what their record is.

interesting article in SI.com.

had more to do with the Bears not willing to re-sign him at $$$ , he just could not cover sideline to sideline , or stop the run  which made him the HOF 'er
Thanks for all the comments

and the Bears have made a lot of mistakes over the years , especially when Mike McCaskey  dis-mantled the team after the '85 Super Bowl  BUT
Lovie had his chance , the Bears had great starts to the last 2 seasons and then FOLDED .. that has to be on the coach ,  never made the half time adjustments the opponents did , his coaching was  one of the reasons they lost the 2006 SB
Don't think he utilized Hester properly the last 2 -3 seasons
He had his chance . Don't think he was picked up despite a lot of head coach positions being available  ... just my opinion

Yes they did not make the playoffs, but he went 10-6.. I don't consider a 10-6 record folding