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The NFL is a cutthroat business, and you're only as good as you were yesterday and can be tomorrow. The NFL is a heartless place, with Belichickian front office personnel keeping a Logan's Run watch over their teams and heartlessly parting with long-term, marketable stars as soon as they become old, bad, or too expensive. We can understand why they needed to go and may even be delighted that their old, bloated-contract corpses are no longer uselessly gallivanting around the field fueled mainly by nostalgia, but this thread is to celebrate the players that have defined our teams that will be moving on this offseason to look really weird in another jersey. Brian Urlacher, Chicago Bears  Drafted by the Bears in 2000, Defensive Rookie of the Year, 2005 Defensive Player of the Year, Eight-time Pro-Bowler, Five-time All Pro, Once Went to Superbowl With Rex Grossman As Quarterback Brian Urlacher was made to hit football players. At New Mexico, he played a hybrid safety-linebacker "Lobo" position to take advantage of his rare blend of size and speed, ability to get to the quarterback, and instincts in coverage. Even his name is perfectly suited for football-- Urlacher seems like an acceptable thing to yell at someone as you collide with them at high velocity and I would be sort of disappointed if it turns out that Urlacher didn't grunt it out every time he made a tackle.  Urlacher fit with the Bears' tradition of defense, and he played on some of the Bearsiest teams to every Bears across that swampy morass called Soldier Field. The Bears' defense has traditionally needed to be exceptional in order to win because the organization has been just as committed to noodle-armed quarterbacks and allergic to modern NFL offenses. In 2001, the Bears Beared there way to the playoffs thanks to stellar play from Urlacher and mythical safety Mike Brown. He flourished as the consummate linebacker in Lovie Smith's Tampa 2 system. In 2005, he won Defensive Player of the Year as the Bears made the playoffs despite starting a hungover Kyle Orton. The Bears have been defined by their middle linebackers: Butkus, Singletary, and now Urlacher.  Throughout his career, Urlacher has also been criticized as overrated. He was surrounded by other great talent on the defense. For several years, he has been eclipsed by fellow linebacker Lance Briggs. The last several years of his career have been marred by injuries and the natural decline of an every-down defensive player in his 30s. Critics could also latch onto his numerous embarrassing actions in his private life or the fact that he modeled his outward appearance on an anthropomorphic thumb. But, ask anyone to name the defining Bears player of the new millennium and they...well if they're cool they'll say Rex Grossman, but they will probably say Urlacher.  e: For the sake of pedants, I know Urlacher wasn't cut and left as a free agent as did other guys I expect to crop up in here like Ed Reed, but this thread is more of a thread to celebrate guys who were the stars of their teams moving on including as free agents or through trades. R.D. Mangles fucked around with this message at Mar 21, 2013 around 05:19 |
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Im making this same thread when Janikowski gets cut Why didn't you resign Nick Roach if you weren't gonna resign Urlacher?
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The new face of the Bears
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Febreeze posted:The new face of the Bears 
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Matt Hasselbeck wearing a Titans jersey was the weirdest goddamn thing the past two years.
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Goodbye my square headed angel~
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Yep.
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Goodbye sweet prince...
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 gently caress Jay Cutler, I loved Jake the Snake.
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Brian Urlacher once tried to get in a fight with Bas Rutten.
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Good lord, young Brian Urlacher looks weird
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It's the hair. He's not supposed to have hair
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 Jokes aside,  all time return yard leader cut for commy gun fucked around with this message at Mar 21, 2013 around 17:23 |
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Can I post about Brian Dawkins here even though he was not re-signed instead of cut?
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axeil posted:Can I post about Brian Dawkins here even though he was not re-signed instead of cut? Urlacher was the same so yes.
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axeil posted:Can I post about Brian Dawkins here even though he was not re-signed instead of cut? I'd assume so since Urlacher wasn't cut either 
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axeil posted:Can I post about Brian Dawkins here even though he was not re-signed instead of cut? If the Eagles don't get a halfway-decent safety in the next couple of years, I wonder if Eagles fans will start talking about "The Curse of Brian Dawkins".
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Detroit_Dogg posted:Brian Urlacher once tried to get in a fight with Bas Rutten. That would be a mistake because he might get stabbed...in the liver. This is a pro-click, but literally the only thing I know about Bas Ruten. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vky_QQRho3o e: I can deliver headbutt out of nothing. R.D. Mangles fucked around with this message at Mar 21, 2013 around 18:20 |
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Woooo we're halfway to no longer being TFF's most hated team!
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R.D. Mangles posted:That would be a mistake because he might get stabbed...in the liver. Here's Bas telling the Urlacher story. e: Starts at about 3:30 Grittybeard fucked around with this message at Mar 21, 2013 around 18:49 |
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A DENVER FAX posted:Woooo we're halfway to no longer being TFF's most hated team! I thought the most hated team was Patriots Forever? Really bottom three are pretty clearly Steelers/Seahawks/Patriots though. I have no idea why the Niners get a pass.
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Nail Rat posted:I'd assume so since Urlacher wasn't cut either He looks like an aerobics instructah
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Ed Reed for my team. It will be strange to have him running around for another team, but I hope the Texans can be good enough on defense to help him pad his INT total some more. It will suck having to play against him.
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A DENVER FAX posted:Woooo we're halfway to no longer being TFF's most hated team! If it makes you feel any better I will hate you forever and ever 
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A DENVER FAX posted:Woooo we're halfway to no longer being TFF's most hated team! Actually, not even close to losing that status
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I hated the Cowboys with seething rage back in the day but thanks to an "aw, shucks" QB and a little help from BBP I think they're pretty cool now. Hopefully the Steelers follow that pattern in the next few years.
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Flikken posted:If it makes you feel any better I will hate you forever and ever I wish I could hate you back, I really do.
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A DENVER FAX posted:I wish I could hate you back, I really do. we split the series and spoil your playoff chances again you'll be on your way.
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  When the face of your franchise gets cut it really sucks, but reconciliation helps ease the pain somewhat. LT got cut while my wife and I were on our honeymoon and my dad was nice enough to text the news to me. It hurt but it was kind of inevitable.
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Kawalimus posted:Ed Reed for my team. It will be strange to have him running around for another team, but I hope the Texans can be good enough on defense to help him pad his INT total some more. It will suck having to play against him. Need a pic, man!  '08 playoffs, I think? Ed Reed owns
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Knightmare posted:I hated the Cowboys with seething rage back in the day but thanks to an "aw, shucks" QB and a little help from BBP I think they're pretty cool now. Hopefully the Steelers follow that pattern in the next few years.
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he just got cut like 14 years ago hey dan what do you think of the dolphins offseason so far  edit: he didn't really get cut 
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  I can't quit you
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I'm really happy Reed at least won a superbowl, with Baltimore. That's all I ever wanted for the dude.
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Borsche posted:I'm really happy Reed at least won a superbowl, with Baltimore. That's all I ever wanted for the dude. Yea this. I'm totally cool with Houston grabbing him, they are a pretty likeable team and they saved my heart from having to deal with Reed wearing a Pats uniform. So happy he got a ring. I'm also really happy we got to see a Reed-ception in the Super Bowl.
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Sour Diesel posted:Yea this. I'm totally cool with Houston grabbing him, they are a pretty likeable team and they saved my heart from having to deal with Reed wearing a Pats uniform. So happy he got a ring. I'm also really happy we got to see a Reed-ception in the Super Bowl. Now he's gonna get two, everybody wins!
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Sour Diesel posted:Yea this. I'm totally cool with Houston grabbing him, they are a pretty likeable team and they saved my heart from having to deal with Reed wearing a Pats uniform. So happy he got a ring. I'm also really happy we got to see a Reed-ception in the Super Bowl. In his hometown :doubleunsmith:
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AndrewP posted:Need a pic, man! Definitely from that game. That one was possibly his best game as a pro in that both picks he made were amazing. One of them was a really nice return for a touchdown and the second one he made from all the way across the field as the Dolphins were driving to try to score and make it a game. The second one was an unbelievable play.
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