With the news that the wrist that Brian Urlacher broke last night will cost him the rest of the season, the Bears are believed to be negotiating with another Hall of Fame linebacker to fill that void. Derrick Brooks, launched from Tampa Bay in the offseason hasn’t been able to find a home, despite recent try outs with New Orleans and Oakland, claims to be in game shape and ready to play as early as Sunday (scoff.)
Now, I’ll grant you that Derrick Brooks is an awesome guy, and was once a great football player, but you can’t put up flags red enough when nobody brings you in for a mini camp or a training camp. So even if this happens, it’s probably not likely to make a huge difference over the Bears just letting Hunter Hillenmeyer play the one linebacker spot he’s actually sort of good at.
However, the Bears also lost Pisa Tinoisamoa for at least a month last night, so now there are two linebacking spots open, so maybe you need to call Derrick Brooks or Zach Thomas just for depth’s sake?
