Urlacher says Bears, not Packers, are best team in NFC ·

Zero2Cool
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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/17/urlacher-says-bears-not-packers-are-best-team-in-nfc/

Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher says he plays for the best team in the NFC, and the fact that the Packers beat the Bears in the NFC Championship Game and then won the Super Bowl isnt going to change his mind.

I think were the best team in our conference, Urlacher said during an appearance at an Albuquerque elementary school. I know were not the Super Bowl champs like the Green Bay Packers. . . . We want to be the best in our conference and to be there, weve got to go through Green Bay.

According to the Albuquerque Journal, Urlacher (who will turn 33 next week) is in great shape and working out regularly, and he says the only thing the lockout has changed for him is that hes staying away from the Bears facilities longer than he has in the past.

Its a little longer, thats all, Urlacher said. Longer than Id like it to be. Im still working out hard just not with my teammates. Thats the biggest difference. Im doing the same program I would be if I were at the facility.

So just as Packers linebacker A.J. Hawk is doing his workouts on his own while the lockout is on, Urlacher is, too. And well all just have to hope the lockout ends so the Packers and Bears can determine on the field whether Urlacher is right about which team is the best in the NFC.

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bozz_2006
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I hate him.

Zero2Cool
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I said several times prior to the Packers beating the Bears that since the Bears own the division and beat the Packers, it's not feasible to say the Packers are a better team.

Then the Packers beat the Bears in Week 17 to get into the Playoffs.
Then the Packers beat the Bears (in Chicago) in NFC Championship Game.
Then the Packers beat the Steelers in Super Bowl XLV.

I think it's safe to say the Packers > Bears, unless you're Rex Urlacher of course.

musccy
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Apparently there is no longer any need to play the games. You just find a reporter who will listen, tell them that you're better than team XYZ, and shazaam, it's indisputable fact.

musccy
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I think it's safe to say the Packers > Bears, unless you're Rex Urlacher of course.

"Zero2Cool" wrote:

I actually beg to differ. The Pacers have never won an NBA title (though 3 ABA titles) where as the Bears have won an NFL title. 2 different sports so it's apples and oranges, other than the championships. :cool:

nerdmann
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14 years ago

He also says that Jay Cutler is a tough guy. LOL.

“Winning is not a sometime thing, it is an all the time thing. You don't do things right once in a while…you do them right all the time.”

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I wonder how he figures that one? They had to play the mighty Seahags and then have their ass handed them by us. That score was much closer than what happened on the field would indicate. I wonder if they could have beaten NO, PHI, or ATL had they played.

I don't get where he is coming from. Chicago had one of those charmed years and won the division. Let them defend it, we'll defend the real championship.

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The Bears will be 2-5 to start the season and looking uphill the rest of the year. Their luck of getting teams without their starting QB every week has to run out sooner or later.

Urlacher is praying the holdout lasts the first three weeks of the season because they won't win one of those games. He better dig up the stat on how many teams make the playoffs starting out 0-3.

This is the same thing I said last year about the Vikes with the schedule they had starting out vs. the cupcake schedule they started with the year before.

"The train is leaving the station."

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Well Brian did date Paris Hilton at one point in time, so can we trust his judgment?

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Can I personally thank Urlacher for giving me the best laugh of the year so far.

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I feel very wrong now!!!!!!!!!

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Can I personally thank Urlacher for giving me the best laugh of the year so far.

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This. After I read the title I just lost it.

Zero2Cool
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Well Brian did date Paris Hilton at one point in time, so can we trust his judgment?

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It's not like he painted his son's toenails or anything. C'mon.

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I think there's a good chance we sweep them this year. I hate playing against them late in the season at their home. It's reversed this year. That should make it easy to run up the score on them and let Jay Cutler try to beat us. I like those odds.

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Last year there wasn't a team we played that I thought was better than we are, so confidence is sky high in GB this season. I say we shoot for that undefeated season, not just sweeping our division.

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Actions speak louder then words.
The Packers beat the Bears 2 out of 3 games last year. The last 2 when the playoffs and the Super Bowl were on the line. AND, the championship was played in Chicago. Even with home field advantage they couldn't beat us.
Go ahead and "roar" Brian........and be ready to lose again.
You can HAVE the division title, we'll take the Super Bowl.

Yerko
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Sorry Brian, I think the Packers ring begs to differ.

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And in other shocking news, my wife thinks we have the cutest children on the planet.

What were we expecting? Honesty? Objectivity?

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On a similar note... Urlacher had two good seasons and will eventually go into the HOF. However, he will not deserve to go in because he only had two good seasons. The rest of career will be spent riding on reputation and hype.

Essentially, someday I will be saying Urlacher was not that good of a player to be in the HOF. 😛

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Meh. Of course he is going to say that he feels he plays for the best team and the best organization. A real news story would be if he said the Bears still suck.

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It's a dumb thing to say if Urlacher actually said it. There's no quote. I hate when athletes say their team is better than the team they lost to in the playoffs. They should keep their mouths shut.

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