Brian Urlacher Contract Holdout 2008 – Fantasy Impact

Brian Urlacher is missing voluntary workouts with the Chicago Bears due to being unhappy with his current contract. He’s recently stated that he’d be willing to miss involuntary workouts if a new contract isn’t agreed upon. There has also been talk about him not showing up at training camp without a new contract.

For fantasy football purposes, Urlacher is definitely a difference maker for the Chicago Bears defense. He’s one of the best linebackers in the league and if a contract holdout lasted into the season, the Bears defense would be less valuable in the fantasy football world.

The Bears will likely be hesitant to give Urlacher a new contract. The 29-year-old linebacker has struggled with injuries in the recent past and some scouts claim that Urlacher isn’t as dominant as he was a few years ago. If the Bears don’t budge, it appears that Urlacher alos won’t budge. That could cause a volatile situation in Chicago.

With Urlacher, the Bears defense is a top three defense heading into the 2008 fantasy football season. Without Urlacher, they’d have to drop at least two or three spots in the defensive projections.

This potential Urlacher holdout is yet another distraction the Bears have had to deal with this offseason. Earlier in the month, Cedric Benson was arrested in Texas. In better news, the Bears locked up kicker Robbie Gould to a multi-year contract.

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