Brian Urlacher announces his retirement

[Big Bid'Ness]

From:rotoworld
 

Brian Urlacher announces his retirement

 

Free agent MLB Brian Urlacher has retired from the NFL after 13 seasons.

 
Urlacher, 35 in three days, spent his entire career with the Bears. "Although I could continue playing, I'm not sure I would bring a level of performance or passion that's up to my standards," Urlacher wrote in a statement. "When considering this, along with the fact that I could retire after a 13-year career wearing only one jersey for such a storied franchise, my decision became pretty clear." It's hard to see Urlacher forced out of the game like this, but no team was willing to sign him after his skills declined sharply last season. An injury to a middle linebacker around the league could give Urlacher an opportunity, and he could change his mind. But at this moment, he finishes his career with 1,229 tackles, 41.5 sacks, 22 interceptions, 12 forced fumbles, and eight Pro Bowl selections. He's a shoo-in for the Hall of Fame.
 

 

 

[PG24]

Very sad to see him call it a career, but probably a wise decision. One thing that would be very interesting is to see what his career would've been had he not had to battle injury issues for the majority of it. He was dominating when healthy. Good to see him keep his legacy by retiring as a Bear and not heading elsewhere to attempt to continue his career.

 

[Pugz]

he clearly wanted to play still since he was trying to resign with chicago. he had no offers and decided to retire. great career but sad how he ended it like this, but at the same time he went out injury free.

hof player, and good guy.