Sports Thread #1 For 9/14/09: Urlacher Out For The Season

Now it's Cutler's team....unofficially but officially:

Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher will not play again this season, a source confirmed Monday to ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.


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The six-time Pro Bowler had told the Chicago Tribune in a brief text message early Monday that his season was over.

Urlacher left Sunday's 21-15 loss to the Green Bay Packers with a wrist injury in the third quarter.

Bears coach Lovie Smith said Urlacher dislocated his wrist, and no timetable had been set for his return.

Citing unnamed sources, the Tribune reported on Sunday night that Urlacher will have surgery when the team returns to Chicago. The newspaper reported that Urlacher had an X-ray at halftime, but an MRI was not needed.

A miserable opening weekend for Lovie Smith and crew is now complete.

And through Urlacher's level of play has made him overrated in most people's eyes, you don't have to be the biggest NFL fan to know how big a loss this is.