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Article: Urlacher here to continue LB tradition.(Sports)
- Article from:
- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- April 16, 2000
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Having been around almost as long as the forward lateral, the Bears always seem to be drafting against their history.
Sometimes it really is back to the future; sometimes it's more like back to the Dark Ages.
Red Grange, Gale Sayers, Walter Payton ... Rashaan Salaam? Ken Kavanaugh, Harlon Hill, Johnny Morris ... Curtis Conway? Bill George, Dick Butkus, Mike Singletary ... Brian Urlacher?
Make it "Brian Urlacher!" for now.
"The tradition there with the linebackers is unbelievable," the Bears' latest first-round throwback said Saturday afternoon.
Bears coach Dick Jauron added, "Fate seemed to work in this direction, to have ...