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| 3rd July, 2009 - 9:41 am |  Chicago Tribune - The Bears appear to have backed off in their pursuit of free-agent wide receiver Plaxico Burress.
Chicago linebacker Brian Urlacher isn't surprised that the team is backing off.
"I was surprised when I heard they were going after him at all because as a player, I [know there will be] some type of suspension," Urlacher said Thursday.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has yet to decide on a punishment for Burress.
"My first thought with [Burress] was, would he even be able to play this year?" Urlacher said. "You have to wonder how long you're going to have him or when he's going to be available.
"[But] he's a great receiver [and] I would have been open to it." [READ] |
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