Urlacher Optimistic

According to a report on espn.com, Brian Urlacher remains optimistic about the Bears’ 2007 NFL season, despite what would appear to be some real setbacks in the off-season. The Bears lost defensive coordinator Ron Rivera.  They will be without Tank Johnson for at least half the season, as Johnson is serving his suspension for violating the league conduct policy.  They have also had to deal with the holdout of Pro Bowl linebacker Lance Briggs.  Despite all the controversy and problems, however, Urlacher remains firmly convinced that the Bears will have no trouble defending their NFC Championship.

Can you blame him?  The NFC is terrible.  There isn’t a team in the NFC North who will challenge The Bears this year.  They’ll most likely beat up their division and the rest of the whole horrible conference on the way to a first round bye and home field advantage throughout the playoffs.  Honestly, unless half the team gets hit by a bus, I’d say the Bears are in fine shape to repeat as NFC Champions.   That’s the sad thing about the NFC.  The Bears, playing without a marquee quarterback, would limp into the AFC playoffs and be lucky to make it out of the first round.  In the NFC, they’ve got another cakewalk into a Super Bowl that should be about as fun to watch as this year’s NBA Finals.   But for now, let Urlacher gloat.

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