
Chicago Bears middle linebacker Brian Urlacher said during an interview that he will likely skip the team's mandatory workouts from May 30 to June 1 if he and the team are unable to resolve his current unhappiness with his contract. "It's easy for people to criticize me for wanting [a new deal], and I understand that it's a contract and I signed it," Urlacher said. "But this is the NFL, and if I'd signed it and I'd played like [expletive], they'd have cut me or tried to get me to take less. In my mind, there's no difference. If they can 'break' a contract, I have a right to ask for more if I play well enough."