NFL Star Brian Urlacher Signs With WME

COMMENTS (13)

• This generations version of Brian Bosworth?

  Comment by Anonymous — Friday September 7, 2012 @ 1:53pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Are you kidding? Bosworth was a pro flop and failed in the movies as well. Urlacher is an all-pro destined for the Hall of Fame. Managed properly he’ll do very well once he retires from football.

    Comment by ek — Friday September 7, 2012 @ 3:01pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • Are they gonna get Urlacher for the “Stone Cold” Reboot?

      Comment by Tim — Saturday September 8, 2012 @ 9:36pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Brian Urlacher is a much better football player and future hall of fame player.

    Comment by Tvcon — Friday September 7, 2012 @ 5:26pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Not by a long shot. Urlacher is a Hall of Fame slam dunk and one of the most feared and respected athletes in the NFL. Bosworth was a massive bust who couldn’t play a lick.

  Comment by Mike R — Friday September 7, 2012 @ 2:08pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Brian Urlacher has the potential to be more like Dick Butkis or Iron Mike Ditka for commercials, etc. Great move for WME….and kudos to them and IAM for the masterful job with Michael Strahan’s post NFL career. Urlacher, like Butkis and Ditka, is a Chicago Sports icon who will only benefit from this astute move.

  Comment by Jeffry Martini — Friday September 7, 2012 @ 2:11pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Sorry….My Bad…Dick BUTKUS!!

  Comment by Jeffry Martini — Friday September 7, 2012 @ 2:14pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Of course, because everyone in Chicago knows Brian Urlacher as a talkative, affable fellow.

  Comment by Jon — Friday September 7, 2012 @ 2:44pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Haha. When the media got on Urlacher’s bad side by reporting on his divorce years back, he was certainly pissed off and stonewalled them for an entire season with one-word answers. But outside of that, he’s not a bad interview at all. He’s well spoken, articulate, clearly very smart and has a good personality. His most recent interview on AM1000 about his knee injuries was a good example of how I think he’ll be in the future. But everyone in Chicago loves him and everyone outside who doesn’t at least respects the name. He’s off to a good start.

    Comment by Dmitriy O. — Friday September 7, 2012 @ 3:15pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • That was a great year for post-game Q&A. Reminded me of the interview Ditka gave in New Orleans where the only answer that wasn’t one word was “Ask the Trainer”. I laughed all year.

      Comment by Scott A. — Monday September 10, 2012 @ 2:24pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Perfect post. Yeah, I wonder if the agents even know who he is? Probably not, they just know he’s a good football player with a shaved head. If you have seen Urlacher speak you know there’s zero chance of this working out.

    Comment by Union — Friday September 7, 2012 @ 3:43pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Jon, nice point. He is an awesome linebacker, doesn’t have a “TV” personality. But this does make me wonder if he is thinking about life after being a football player. Maybe his knee is worse shape then first anticipated.

  Comment by Anchorboy — Friday September 7, 2012 @ 3:44pm PDT  Reply to this post

• The only people who don’t like Urlacher are Packers fans. And Packers fans are just generally horrible human beings anyway.

  Comment by firebrand — Sunday September 9, 2012 @ 12:46am PDT  Reply to this post