Urlacher was on some special stuff for that play. Multiple times he turns it up to set up lead blocks lol.

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What was his 40? I remember him and brooks were good but I was a Willis guy and his speed was ridiculous

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Dang pretty fast

Would be a great time for a linebacker today, back then it was close to unreal.

He played safety in college

Yes, something of a hybrid safety/linebacker iirc. I also think he was worked out as a TE by some teams during the draft process. He was on the cover of the first NFL game i got (i think 2k03), knew nothing about football at the time, since i am from Denmark, but that huge son of a bitch made a big impression on 12 year old me.

Didn’t he used to return kicks sometimes in college as well? That blew my mind when I heard that.

“Is this the return with Urlacher sprinting into towards the end of- Yepp”

He probably should've just been returning the kicks apparently, man was moving.

he did in college

Looks like Bobby Boucher in the Bourbon Bowl!

Best linebacker I've seen since Joe Montana.

Rare Joe Nedney L but he never should have been kicking from that distance with the wind.

yeah i thought it was an insane call so close to halftime just throw a hailmary

He tried to miss it wide left and play the wing and it came all the way back and would have missed wide right if it had the distance. Dude had no chance.

The Robbie Gould miss from that game was even worse. Ball takes a sharp right and nearly gets to the sideline

At 28 seconds, he jukes out nearly the entire niners punt team

FG team not punt

Big difference too. The punt team trains specifically to tackle the returner. I don't think the FG team practices missed FG returns.

It’s the spin right. I have that play burned in to my memory. So awesome Edit. Ya. Fuck I love returns

He legit just said 🔺+ ⭕️.

The WHOOP from Berman doing the highlights lives rent free in my head.

Jukes them so bad he has time to fall down and get back up

This is one of my favorite bears highlights ever. Seeing that wall of orange jerseys is awesome

definitely my favorite Bears uniform

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Yeah if you search this game, Gould has a hilarious missed FG as well.

Brian Urlacher was the fastest player on the field for that play. Impressive speed and positioning from him to get multiple blocks on the return.

Yes Nathan Vasher! I love hearing players names you completely forgot about. I used to love playing with this bears team in madden

Even fielding that kick in that kind of wind, while back-peddling, is impressive.

Whoa didn’t realize he starts at the line of scrimmage before running back to field the kick. So for Vasher it’s a like a 148 yd return.

this return basically cost them the game

The game was already over starting Cody Pickett. He completed 1 pass on 13 attempts while playing the entire game.

minus this return for a TD and it's a 10-9 game in the 4th qtr.

the season really, we were so close to playoff contention up to that point... /s

# THE BEARS ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE

###AND WE LET EM OFF THE H^O^O^K

Love the announcer pointing out how much the flags are moving when the entire goalpost is swaying like a drunken frat boy.

To be fair, I think the color commentator got fired for acting like a drunken frat boy

My arms always get goose bumps whenever I see a charge of blockers running down field That's football, baby!

I was at that game! I think, at the time, it was the longest field goal return in nfl history.

I think the longest *return* in NFL history period. Then Hester did the same exact thing almost exactly a year later. Then a few years later Antonio Cromartie returned an INT 109 yards, one year for each one of his kids.

Yep that’s what the video says 🤔🤣

Haha! I watched it on mute. What can I say? Pretty good recall!

Good recall indeed!

Ah, the good old days. Nice to see the Niners have been consistent with their special teams over all past eras. And no Super Bowl is complete without giving up a kickoff return for a TD.

That shit looked just like me when I set up aiming 30 degrees left of the fairway.

Vasher was so awesome, that secondary as a whole was beautiful

I miss the 2006 core and Lovie Smith. The only real successful regime in my entire life. Always bear down!

Hearing "Robbie Gould" really surprised me

When do they say Robbie Gould?

1:48

Why is that?

I just never expect to hear the name of any player from the mid 2000s that are still in the league, kickers included.

I mean he’s not in the league anymore but I see what you mean. I remember watching this game so I suppose I didn’t understand the confusion lol

Oh I didn't even notice, thought I heard his name this past season. When was the last time he played for a team then, 2022?

Yes 2022, for the 49ers lol

2005 looking like 1986

And Lions fans know that this is why Morhinweg took the wind!

Damnit I miss that Fox UI

Can't recall the last time we had a decent special teams corps. We seem to always show up in someone *else's* highlight tape.

My favourite bit of this is when the holder realises if he carries on sprinting he's going to get to Vasher and wants no part of it so suddenly stops going towards the sideline, to sort of half ass a block at a random defender in the middle, then figures he better make at least an effort and immediately gets ploughed into the turf by Briggs.

Terrible camera work during the live return

Urlacher is an absolute beast. He outran the returner.

OK I'll say it: egregious holding.

It feels like this one gets posted once a week.