Urlacher blasts critics

Brian Urlacher sounds off on the criticism hurled at him this year. Hub Arkush has wondered weather Urlacher would want out of town due to the rocky relationship with the Chicago media. That relationship has been temoltuous since the coverage of his personal life. Lately some of the media has criticized his lack of big plays. Urlacher points to the scheme and the way he is used or mis-used?

“I’m tired of criticism that is unwarranted,” he said. “People who say stuff about me, they don’t know our defense. They don’t know football.

“Yes, I wish I would have made a lot more big plays. Obviously, everyone could say that on our defense. I wish I was around the ball more, but I wasn’t. Just the way things worked out this season.”

Some would say he disappeared in the season finale at Houston, particularly on rookie Steve Slaton’s 47-yard run.

“Yeah, that was my fault,” Urlacher said with sarcasm. “Every long touchdown we gave up this season, it was my fault. Every time a receiver caught a pass for a touchdown, it was my fault too. In Atlanta, when the guy caught that pass that allowed them to kick the field goal, that was my fault.”

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