Bears LB Brian Urlacher may skip voluntary workouts

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Chicago Bears' Brian Urlacher, Anthony Adams and Charles Tillman

Chicago Bears' Brian Urlacher, center, celebrates, with teammates Anthony Adams, left, and Charles Tillman, right, after he intercepted a pass by New York Giants' Eli Manning during the first quarter of a football game Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jerry Lai)

By Beth Boehne

Story Created: Apr 8, 2008 at 12:34 PM EDT

Story Updated: Apr 8, 2008 at 12:34 PM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher might skip the team's voluntary offseason workouts while he seeks a contract extension.

The Chicago Tribune reported that Urlacher planned to miss Monday's first day and perhaps the rest of the workouts, which include organized team activities. The Bears declined to disclose whether Urlacher participated Monday, and the workouts are closed to the media.

Urlacher can't be fined since the workouts are voluntary. But when linebacker Lance Briggs and former running back Thomas Jones skipped voluntary offseason workouts in 2006, the team demoted them from starting roles for a brief time.

Urlacher has a contract that runs through 2011. He made $3.95 million last season and is slated to make the same amount this season.

Wednesday, Apr 9 at 12:05 PM JIMBO wrote ...

BEARS WILL BE NOTHING BETTER THAN A 500 TEAM AS LONG AS "GROSSMAN IS STILL THE MAN".

Tuesday, Apr 8 at 4:23 PM Jason wrote ...

Good. He is washed up anyways, he will probably get hurt by week 5 and hurt his team in the process. Typical Bears offseason drama.

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