Bears have faked injuries

[Bear Pride]

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/22345646-419/brian-urlacher-says-bears-have-faked-injuries.html

Faking injuries was part of the Bears’ gameplan to slow fast-paced offenses in recent years, former linebacker Brian Urlacher said Tuesday.

Urlacher, who rejected a one-year, $2 million offer from the Bears this offseason and retired, made the assertion in his new role as a Fox Sports 1 analyst.

“We had a guy who was the designated dive guy,” he said.

Urlacher said a Bears coach would simulate a swimmers’ diving motion with his arms from the sideline and the player “would get hurt.”

He said it was beneficial on long drives or early in the season when defenders were more easily gassed.

He said he wouldn’t name the coach who pantomimed in the order.

Curiously, he also said the Bears weren’t coached to fake injuries, per se.

“It wasn't coached,” he said, “but it was part of our game plan.”

His comments came during a conversation on “Fox Football Daily” about teams faking injuries to slow high-tempo attacks. California fans were upset with Northwestern players for falling to the ground Saturday, though Wildcats coach Pat Fitzgerald denied his players were acting.

I didn't see Brian mention the "Bears" anywhere. They were talking about the college game as well. Should we just automatically assume he was talking about the Bears?

 

[Bear Pride]

Interestingly enough, they were talking about this on Mike and Mike this morning. What was interesting is Greenberg's remark that the league is looking into ways to penalize teams for doing this vs. the no huddle offense. I had no clue that the league was "looking into ways" to prevent fake injuries.

What I find interesting is, if this is a problem in the NFL moving forward, I'd think the NFL would be all over that with all the law suits against the NFL for, well, injuries.

 

[fenderpfunk]

Beans spilled

 

[xer0h0ur]

Interestingly enough, they were talking about this on Mike and Mike this morning. What was interesting is Greenberg's remark that the league is looking into ways to penalize teams for doing this vs. the no huddle offense. I had no clue that the league was "looking into ways" to prevent fake injuries.

Yea.....even still its a problem with no solution. What are you going to do? Assume its a fake injury and risk further injury when its not fake? Go back to the days of telling guys quit being pussies and stand back up? Concussion? "Rub some dirt in it son and pick up your panties." :lmao:

 

[Nail Polish]

Hey guys...This comment is from a poster on the Yahoo (edit) site on Urlachers clip..


http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/brian-urlacher-says-bears-faked-injuries-slow-down-151334277--nfl.html


Does this look familiar??


"rory s
Talk is cheap. Urlacher should have bullied Jay Cutler into becoming a better QB. Cutler is not man enough"




:lmao:

 

[SmellyFoot]

Interestingly enough, they were talking about this on Mike and Mike this morning. What was interesting is Greenberg's remark that the league is looking into ways to penalize teams for doing this vs. the no huddle offense. I had no clue that the league was "looking into ways" to prevent fake injuries.

How would that work? W/ anything but the head I suppose I could see some sort of NFL assigned game doctor evaluating the injury. But w/ the NFL going big time into protecting from head injuries all one would have to do is fall, simulate banging one's head on the turf and I don't see how the NFL could do anything to stop it.

 

[WCL]

[video=youtube_share;0XRbM1WbgRg]http://youtu.be/0XRbM1WbgRg[/video]

 

[Chris Sojka]

Everyone does this at the college and pro level...

Guys bend down... take a knee... Lay on there back... hold a hamstring... put there hands on there head...


The only rule I can think of to prevent players from doing this is... You can't come back on the field until the drive is over...

 

[Desperado34]

Wonder who was the designated guy on the Bears

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

I didn't see Brian mention the "Bears" anywhere. They were talking about the college game as well. Should we just automatically assume he was talking about the Bears?

Holy shit.

 

[Nail Polish]

Wonder who was the designated guy on the Bears

Lovie...he faked a concussion on the sideline

 

[HawaiiBearsFan]

This is a non-story. Every team does it. Some do it better then others. There was a case a couple years ago when a Steeler receiver took a dive about a minute after the play was over. Funniest thing I'd seen in a while. Part of the game and not some big conspiracy secret being revealed

 

[Zion]

It should be punished severely. It's not "part of the game", that excuses it. Punish all flopping and diving, it's an embarrassment.

 

[gpphat]

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/22345646-419/brian-urlacher-says-bears-have-faked-injuries.html

Faking injuries was part of the Bears’ gameplan to slow fast-paced offenses in recent years, former linebacker Brian Urlacher said Tuesday.

Urlacher, who rejected a one-year, $2 million offer from the Bears this offseason and retired, made the assertion in his new role as a Fox Sports 1 analyst.

“We had a guy who was the designated dive guy,” he said.

Urlacher said a Bears coach would simulate a swimmers’ diving motion with his arms from the sideline and the player “would get hurt.”

He said it was beneficial on long drives or early in the season when defenders were more easily gassed.

He said he wouldn’t name the coach who pantomimed in the order.

Curiously, he also said the Bears weren’t coached to fake injuries, per se.

“It wasn't coached,” he said, “but it was part of our game plan.”
His comments came during a conversation on “Fox Football Daily” about teams faking injuries to slow high-tempo attacks. California fans were upset with Northwestern players for falling to the ground Saturday, though Wildcats coach Pat Fitzgerald denied his players were acting.

I didn't see Brian mention the "Bears" anywhere. They were talking about the college game as well. Should we just automatically assume he was talking about the Bears?

see the bolded

 

[Mitchapalooza]

see the bolded

watch the actual video, he didn't mention a "Bears" coach. The dumbass who wrote the article put that in there.

 

[gpphat]

watch the actual video, he didn't mention a "Bears" coach. The dumbass who wrote the article put that in there.

At the 58 second mark the interviewer says "we tried to look at that in the NFL to see if we can find a team that actually coached it..." and Urlacher's response that it wasn't coached but was a part of the game. I don't know of any other NFL team he has played for, do you?

 

[Da Coach]

LOL at "preventing fake injuries". If the're fake, they don't exist. How do you prevent something that does not exist....?

Mind Blown

 

[Mitchapalooza]

At the 58 second mark the interviewer says "we tried to look at that in the NFL to see if we can find a team that actually coached it..." and Urlacher's response that it wasn't coached but was a part of the game. I don't know of any other NFL team he has played for, do you?

before that he said he wouldn't mention the coach and they were on a college football topic. I'm just saying he never officially mentioned the Bears. Even though it was probably them he was talking about.

 

[NCChiFan]

How do you tell someone who gets a stinger or a cramp that their real or fake? That's part of the problem, bruises don't show up right away or sometimes there deep, sometime the issue is bone or wind gets knocked out of you... There are too many injury's that fall into this category that even a Dr can't tell.

 

[MrOuija]

It might be easier just to limit these absurd hurry up offenses that try to play 11 on 9 because the other team doesn't have time to substitute. Give both teams a chance to get their players on the field and this is no longer an issue.