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Bears Linebacker is a baby
Brian Urlacher <http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/5038/;_ylt=avi.uyt66emnxxkl4cyr._ar0op4> says his arthritic back feels great and his surgically repaired neck is fine. However, don’t expect Urlacher to get his mind right until the star middle linebacker’s contract dispute with the Chicago Bears <http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/chi/;_ylt=akmlmgkjmkj05hjiyvquufmr0op4> is resolved.
On Monday Urlacher, who has stayed away from the Bears’ voluntary offseason workouts, told Yahoo! Sports he expected to boycott the team’s mandatory minicamp from May 30 to June 1 because of his dissatisfaction with management’s lax response to his requests for a raise.
“I would bet I wouldn’t be there,” Urlacher said from Arizona, where he has spent most of the offseason. “My agents and the team had some good dialogue early on, but nothing’s happened lately. It’s been almost two months since there’s been any action on their end, and it’s a waiting game right now.” |