A recent article has come out in The Sporting News in which it contends that Brian Urlacher is the most overrated player in the NFL. Now I will admit that I do not think Brian Urlacher is the best defensive player in the NFL, hell, I don't think he is the best defensive player on the Chicago Bears. But to say that he is overrated is completely insane. Overhyped yes, overrated, not in the least.
<>One of the reasons that was given was that Urlacher's best season came with Ted Washington and Keith Traylor as his defensive tackles, who tied up blockers and were able to let him run free. I'm sorry, but wasn't Ray Lewis' best season come with Sam Adams and Tony Siragusa as his defensive tackles? Those are hardly mid-level defensive tackles.
There is no way he could be considered the most overrated linebacker in the league, because he is not even a linebacker. At New Mexico where he played college, he was a safety. He converted into a linebacker, and a damn fine one at that.
Have any of you seen the highlights of the Bears game against Minnesota, and the interception that he made? I'm not a football expert, but every football 'expert' I heard said that the interception was one of the best of the year.
Let us also not forget that Bears are 5-0 with him in the lineup, beating teams such as Tennessee, Minnesota, and the Packers. All of whom, are much better than the Bears right now, and in at least two of those games it was the defense that won it for them.
You want the most overrated player in the NFL, go to Oakland and talk to number 99. Remember his prediction of twenty sacks - how'd that go for you?
I laughed at the soccer hooligan crack. For any of you who wants to read a great book on soccer hooligan's, get Bill Buford's, Among the Thugs. Great read.
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