macbob
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13 years ago
They didn't prove it on the football field when the chips were on the line. šŸ¤Ø

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 isnā€™t going to change his mind.

ā€œI think weā€™re the best team in our conference,ā€ Urlacher said during an appearance at an Albuquerque elementary school. ā€œI know weā€™re not the Super Bowl champs like the Green Bay Packers. . . . We want to be the best in our conference and to be there, weā€™ve got to go through Green Bay.ā€

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 heā€™s staying away from the Bearsā€™ facilities longer than he has in the past.

ā€œItā€™s a little longer, thatā€™s all,ā€ Urlacher said. ā€œLonger than Iā€™d like it to be. Iā€™m still working out hard ā€” just not with my teammates. Thatā€™s the biggest difference. Iā€™m doing the same program I would be if I were at the facility.ā€

So just as Packers linebacker A.J. Hawk is doing his workouts on his own while the lockout is on, Urlacher is, too. And weā€™ll 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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macbob
  • macbob
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13 years ago

I like the "just thinking you're better than the Packers doesn't mean much" line...

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/19/lovie-smith-i-agree-with-brian-urlacher-but-packers-have-the-ring/ 

Lovie Smith: I agree with Brian Urlacher, but Packers have the ring

We noted this week that Chicago linebacker Brian Urlacher said he believes the Bears, not the Packers, are the best team in the NFC. Now Bears coach Lovie Smith has said he agrees ā€” sort of.

Smith says he shares Urlacherā€™s confidence in the Bearsā€™ ability to beat anyone, but he has to acknowledge that what really matters isnā€™t being the beat team in Brian Urlacherā€™s mind or Lovie Smithā€™s mind. What matters is having a Super Bowl ring to put on your finger.

ā€œOf course I agree with him. Youā€™d be disappointed if any of our players didnā€™t feel like we were the best around. But reality says the Packers are there right now. They have the Super Bowl ring. Theyā€™re the champion right now. And itā€™s up to us to do something about it.ā€ Smith said in an ESPN interview (video here).

Obviously, Smith is right: As Herm Edwards might say, NFL teams donā€™t play for the right to call themselves the best team, they play to win the Super Bowl. The Packers won the Super Bowl, and whether itā€™s Brian Urlacher or Rex Ryan or anyone else, just thinking youā€™re better than the Packers doesnā€™t mean much.

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StoicFire
13 years ago
When playing sports it is really important to have that confidence and swagger... going into a game thinking you should win. So they have the right attitude, but we have the ring.
"the Quarterback can run if he wants to, but with this rocket attached to your body... who would?" -Aaron Rodgers
macbob
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13 years ago
Moved my posts to the article in the Packers forum
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