Iconsumed more than three hours of talk radio Wednesday afternoon. I surfed the Internet incessantly to read what people are saying about Brian Urlacher's alleged inflammatory comment about Bears quarterback Jay Cutler.
In case you missed it, here's what Minnesota Vikings receiver Bobby Wade said on a Minneapolis radio station Wednesday about a recent conversation he had with Urlacher, his former teammate, in Las Vegas:
''Jay Cutler is a good player,'' Wade said. ''Obviously, it's a much different environment going from Denver to play in Chicago. Chicago is a tough club to play for. What is so funny, I actually saw Brian Urlacher this past weekend in Las Vegas, and we had a long conversation. I don't want to get him in trouble, but it wasn't what [the Bears] expected. Pretty much [Urlacher] said Jay Cutler was a [deleted], for the most part.''
Maybe I missed it, but I haven't heard anybody suggest that maybe Urlacher is right. It is not impossible that Cutler is, in fact, a -- excuse me -- ''sissy.''
But that's not what has me seeing double. Urlacher is the ''sissy.'' And his denial of what he allegedly told Wade about Cutler was weaker than his pass rush.
If Wade lied or embellished, Urlacher would be seething at the former butterfingered Bears receiver/return man. His history is to fire back, perhaps condescend, mutter something incoherently. What has been a consistent and all-too-familiar Urlacher calling card when he's in the middle of the storm is overt anger.
He didn't respond that way Wednesday. Instead, Urlacher told the Tribune: ''That's just Bobby being Bobby. That's just stirring it up before camp.''
Thin. Not buying it. Not going out of my way not to buy anything else Urlacher tries to sell, either.
If Urlacher didn't call Cutler ''the P word,'' he would have barbecued Wade. He would have suggested Wade keep his head on a swivel when he steps on the field against the Bears. He would have hammered Wade the way he hammers ... ball carriers.
But he didn't. He shrugged. He also denied Terry Boers' report on WSCR-AM (670) that Cutler and Urlacher had to be separated once in Lake Forest. He called sports-radio types ''sissies,'' too.
OK. We're ''sissies.'' Can't recall, however, too many of us backing off an argument or a dislike for a co-worker. To the contrary, some of us thrive on it.
