Both Brian Urlacher and Ed Reed are preparing to begin their fade into the veteran abyss. They’re both 34 years old, but the difference is that Reed’s descent is still at least one year away if not more after he still played at a high level this past season, while Urlacher’s decline is very much in progress. He plays a far more physically demanding position, and that’s made his decay a little less gradual.
Now after 13 years with one team and 1,362 tackles, it’s time to move on. It sucks that football is a business.
