Thread: Bears’ Brian Urlacher seems to be getting better with age

Originally Posted by MPBears68

I was in the stands at Soldier Field and I can't tell you how HUGE that play was both physically as we all saw but also psychologically.

The game was 3-3 and Atlanta was driving. Home team is the underdog. Falcons are down to our 35 or so. They have 3 major receiving threats to hurt us with. You could feel the tension in the crowd as everyone feared a big TD strike was looming. Ryan rolls out, he's got Gonzales on the 25 for a first, and then Url makes an amazing, diving pick that instantly shifts the momentum and changes the whole game.

A fantastic all-pro play based on pure instinct and anticipation. Very much like his pick in the NFCCG that snuffed out what looked like a surefire TD drive for GB. If Urlacher had run that back 95 (which he should have), the outcome would have been different.

Yep...I felt the momentum swing all the way in my living room. That was definitely the snow flake that started the avalanche...after that, the rout was on, with Urlacher being the catalyst.