Thread: Urlacher says knee 'is never going to be the same'

Originally Posted by JustAnotherBearsFan99

I was watching Brian that first day of training camp. He was like a young kid. Jumping and high-fiving. Both he and Briggs were chest bumping. He looked great.

At that point the knee must have felt great. But then a few days later, it ballooned up on him and that was that, for training camp 2012. They go in and scope it. Now this.

Professional athletes older than Brian have knee surgery and come back fine. Their bodies are in incredible shape, and Brian has NOT had knee issues. He's been healthy as a horse that way.

But something NOT routine has happened here.

I keep adding all of this up, and coming to the conclusion that THIS is NOT a routine knee issue. It is a far bigger deal.

None that we KNOW of. It's possible he's had some previous injuries and it's been an ongoing and cumulative thing that just hasn't required surgery. Rest did the trick. But then Major Wright comes along and jumps on an already somewhat weakened knee and bends it in a way that it was never meant to go and boom. That's all she wrote.

I suspect there have been problems in the past but so far he'd been successfully able to avoid surgery. His attempt to find a non-invasive solution would tend to bear that out. It may be more routine than it seems to be if it's nothing more than an accumulation of injuries that finally caught up to him with one major injury. The proverbial "straw that broke the camel's back".

Originally Posted by Chi66

We need to win a Super Bowl for Brian, after all the years he's been here he deserves a ring. I really hope this team can pull together and live up to what they're capable of, we have enough pieces to make a serious run.

sorry to disagree here


We need to win the SB WITH Brian, not for Brian

The best thing this team can do to keep Urlacher ON the field as long as possible is to keep him (and the rest of our elder statesmen on Defense) OFF the field as much as possible on Sunday's. That means a clock eating, balanced Offense that can have a great passing game, but also run the ball effectively once a lead is taken. There is a better chance of that happening this year than any other year I can remember since Walter retired. However, once again, it will come down to the O-Line. So now our patchwork O-Line is not only responsible for keeping Jay healthy, but Brian too.

Spot on 4Da. I'll add that he may get a little rest during the game, especially if we are up a couple of TD's.

Originally Posted by 4DaBERS

That means a clock eating, balanced Offense that can have a great passing game, but also run the ball effectively once a lead is taken. There is a better chance of that happening this year than any other year I can remember since Walter retired. However, once again, it will come down to the O-Line. So now our patchwork O-Line is not only responsible for keeping Jay healthy, but Brian too.

We need that oline to impose its will on defenses. Methodically beating down dlines & allowing the Bears to move the chains at will, on long clock-eating drives.