Chicago Bear’s captain and veteran leader of their team, Brian Urlacher, is questionable for week two of the NFL season. This probability is not due to any injury, but related to a family death. Just earlier this week on Monday, Brian’s mother passed away unexpectedly and he left the team to go be with his family. Head coach, Lovie Smith, said he would give Urlacher as much time as he needed to get over her death. What could this mean to the Bears? Chicago is matched up to play New Orleans, who just came off a tough loss to Green Bay, and are hungry for their first win. If Brian Urlacher doesn’t show, this could be detrimental to the Bear’s defense especially against the Saints high-powered offense. On the other hand, there have been many great sports players that play after a recent loss in the family. For instance, a day after Brett Favre’s father died he decided to play in the Monday Night football game that turned out to be one of his best performances of his career. Favre nearly had a perfect quarterback passer rating and it was clear that he played that game in honor of his father’s death. On that note, if Brian Urlacher does decide to return to his team, you should expect big things as the Bears embrace each other over this tragedy. If he doesn’t show, I would invest fully on Drew Brees and his New Orleans Saints. Be prepared to make last minute lineup changes according to Urlacher’s appearance.
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