Just before practice Wednesday, somebody stood before the NFL's 2005 Defensive Player of the Year and pointed out the obvious—Sunday's opponents, the Carolina Panthers, really had stuck it to the New York Giants in last weekend's playoff game, 23-0.
Dominated and terminated the Giants but good. Shut them out, shut them down and shut them up.
Urlacher's comeback?
"We're not the Giants."
Urlacher could have used all the usual platitudes. He could have said the Bears were very fortunate to win 13-3 when they met Nov. 20. And that he knew the Panthers, obviously, didn't play their best football that day.
Instead, No. 54 said: "We didn't play our best game either. They scored on us. They shouldn't have."
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Just before practice Wednesday, somebody stood before the NFL's 2005 Defensive Player of the Year and pointed out the obvious—Sunday's opponents, the Carolina Panthers, really had stuck it to the New York Giants in last weekend's playoff game, 23-0.
Dominated and terminated the Giants but good. Shut them out, shut them down and shut them up.
Urlacher's comeback?
"We're not the Giants."
Urlacher could have used all the usual platitudes. He could have said the Bears were very fortunate to win 13-3 when they met Nov. 20. And that he knew the Panthers, obviously, didn't play their best football that day.
Instead, No. 54 said: "We didn't play our best game either. They scored on us. They shouldn't have."