Chicago Bears legend Brian Urlacher slams Illinois Democrats as team prepares to leave state

Chicago Bears fable Brian Urlacher is not blessed astir his squad leaving Soldier Field.

"I don’t similar them leaving Soldier Field," Urlacher told Fox News Digital. "I can’t representation them playing anywhere. It doesn’t substance if it’s Indiana oregon determination successful Illinois, I can’t representation them leaving Soldier Field."

Urlacher placed blasted connected Democratic leaders successful Chicago and Illinois for the planned relocation to Hammond, Indiana. This year, Illinois lawmakers failed to walk authorities providing the spot taxation certainty and nationalist infrastructure backing the squad required to physique a caller stadium.

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Former Chicago Bears subordinate Brian Urlacher is honored during halftime of a crippled betwixt the Chicago Bears and the Seattle Seahawks astatine Soldier Field successful Chicago, Ill., connected Sept. 17, 2018. (Patrick Gorski/USA TODAY Sports)

"I conscionable don’t spot however arsenic a state, legislator, governor, metropolis mayor, however you tin fto this squad permission the authorities of Illinois, oregon adjacent beryllium a taxable of discussion," Urlacher said. "You bash what you person to bash to support the Bears there."

The NFL Hall of Famer is peculiarly bothered by the deficiency of authorities to support the Bears amid the state's sanctuary policies that connection taxpayer-funded resources to amerciable immigrants.

"You look astatine each the wealth they've fixed to amerciable immigrants and the wealth they've acceptable speech for that, it's similar $2.5, $3 cardinal that they've spent connected the amerciable immigrants. That wealth could beryllium for the Bears, could beryllium trying to support them, not for the Bears, but trying to support their stadium successful town, alternatively of keeping radical that aren't expected to beryllium successful our state here," Urlacher said.

The State of Illinois was projected to allocate and spent betwixt $2.5 cardinal and $3.2 cardinal connected services, healthcare and enactment for migrants and amerciable immigrants from 2022 to the extremity of 2025, according to a study by The Illinois Public Policy Institute.

The Bears person explored options extracurricular their longtime location astatine Soldier Field, including Arlington Heights and, much recently, a imaginable determination crossed authorities lines. Urlacher said Illinois officials should person recovered a mode to support the franchise from adjacent considering Indiana.

"The fans, we person immoderate of the champion fans successful the satellite for immoderate sport," helium said. "If I was those guys, I would astir apt bash what I had to bash to support them successful the authorities of Illinois. Maybe not astatine Soldier Field, due to the fact that that was already disconnected the table, but they had Arlington Heights planned out. They person the onshore bought already. Find a mode to support them there, and they person — they conscionable don’t care."

Urlacher was particularly captious of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s handling of the situation.

"Obviously not. They’re leaving," Urlacher said erstwhile asked whether Pritzker had done enough.

Jerome Bettis of the Pittsburgh Steelers runs implicit Brian Urlacher of the Chicago Bears for a touchdown astatine Heinz Field successful Pittsburgh, Pa., connected Dec. 11, 2005. The Steelers defeated the Bears 21-9. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Still, Urlacher understands that the team's relocation makes consciousness financially, and volition payment the enactment connected definite fronts.

"Illinois is not giving them thing tax-wise. They’re not giving them a bully woody connected their stadium," helium said. "So Indiana’s offering them thing amended than what Illinois is, truthful wherefore not spell down to the large authorities of Indiana?"

He added that the team’s quality to power its ain stadium would beryllium a large advantage.

"Business-wise, it makes sense, due to the fact that they’re going to marque much money, due to the fact that they bash not ain Soldier Field," Urlacher said. "All the wealth that they marque connected Sundays, immoderate of it goes to the city, immoderate of it goes to the Bears. What that divvy is, I don’t know. But I deliberation financially it would beryllium much beneficial for them to spell to Hammond."

Urlacher is lone somewhat acquainted with the Hammond area. He had been to the casino determination "a mates times" erstwhile helium played. Still, helium said Bears fans would travel the team.

"Anywhere the Bears go, they’re going to person their fans," Urlacher said. "Their games are going to merchantability retired nary substance what. If it’s successful Arlington Heights, Soldier Field oregon Hammond, they’re going to merchantability retired nary substance wherever they go."

Urlacher backs President Trump and Jaxson Dart

Urlacher besides spoke glowingly astir President Donald Trump, saying helium supports the president’s actions.

"Anything that President Trump does, I’m connected committee with," Urlacher said. "Everything he’s done truthful acold has been great, truthful conscionable support it up."

Asked whether Trump should effort to intervene to support the Bears successful Chicago, Urlacher said helium was unsure whether that was thing the president could influence.

"I don’t deliberation helium has that — I mean, helium astir apt has each the powerfulness successful the world," Urlacher said. "He could bash that if helium wanted to, but I don’t cognize if that’s successful his realm oregon not."

Urlacher said Trump is "smart astir everything helium does business-wise" and "a beauteous sports-savvy guy," but added that his words whitethorn transportation much value successful Indiana than Illinois.

"He’s astir apt excited they’re going to Indiana," Urlacher said. "It’s a large state, large reddish state, truthful tax-wise it’s going to beryllium large for the Bears."

Urlacher besides said helium was excited to be the UFC combat astatine the White House.

"I emotion America," Urlacher said. "I deliberation our country’s going successful the close direction. Things are getting cleaned up."

Urlacher besides weighed successful connected athletes facing disapproval for governmental involvement.

New York Giants backmost Jaxson Dart was precocious criticized by liberals for introducing Trump astatine a New York rally successful May.

Urlacher called Dart an "awesome kid."

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New York Giants backmost Jaxson Dart and President Donald Trump be an lawsuit wrong Eugene Levy Fieldhouse astatine Rockland Community College successful Suffern, N.Y., connected May 22, 2026. Trump spoke astir his economical accomplishments successful the toss-up legislature territory represented by Rep. Mike Lawler, who is up for reelection successful the November midterm elections. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg)

"If idiosyncratic asks you to present the President of the United States, I deliberation you person to take, uh, that accidental and bash it. I mean, helium did a bully job," Urlacher said.

"He got a batch of vigor for immoderate reason...a fewer years agone idiosyncratic introduced Obama, and it wasn't a large woody for immoderate reason, but idiosyncratic does it for Trump, it's a immense deal... The media conscionable runs with these things, and they marque them a bigger woody than they are."

Urlacher said helium would person introduced immoderate president during his playing career.

"Hell yeah, I would have," Urlacher said. "But authorities weren’t a large woody erstwhile I played. No 1 cared backmost then. It didn’t go a large woody till 2016 erstwhile everyone made you take a side."

Urlacher said helium would not person cared if 1 of his teammates introduced erstwhile President Barack Obama.

"He’s the President of the United States," Urlacher said. "Go ahead."

Urlacher speaks retired against trans jock successful girls’ sports

Urlacher besides addressed the statement implicit transgender athletes successful girls’ and women’s sports, saying helium has followed the contented "very closely."

"I deliberation that males should vie against males and females should vie against females," Urlacher said. "I don’t deliberation that either should beryllium allowed successful the different sports."

Urlacher said helium would not privation his daughters oregon aboriginal grandchildren competing against biologic males.

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"I don’t privation my daughters playing against men," helium said. "If I person grandkids, I don’t privation them competing against men either. They should play against women. We’re different. We’re built differently. That’s conscionable the mode it is. That’s biology."

Urlacher accused Democrats, including Pritzker, of siding with the progressive helping of the enactment connected the issue.

"That’s thing that they’re trying to propulsion connected that far-left broadside of that party, and they’re truly sticking to it," Urlacher said.

Urlacher excited astir Caleb Williams, Ben Johnson and Bears’ future

Despite his concerns astir the franchise’s stadium situation, Urlacher said helium is optimistic astir the Bears connected the field.

He praised caller caput manager Ben Johnson and said the Bears’ young quarterback, Caleb Williams, is simply a large crushed for excitement.

"Ben Johnson’s done a large occupation since they hired him," Urlacher said. "I deliberation helium wanted it due to the fact that of Caleb. You spot wherefore now. The kid’s been unbelievable."

Urlacher said Williams’ maturation from his archetypal play to his 2nd has been "pretty awesome," and helium believes the backmost volition proceed to amended arsenic the Bears physique astir him.

Caleb Williams of the Chicago Bears throws a walk against the Green Bay Packers during the NFC Wild Card Playoff crippled astatine Soldier Field successful Chicago, Illinois, connected Jan. 10, 2026. (Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)

"His accomplishment acceptable is benignant of unmatched with the mode helium runs, the mode helium throws the football," Urlacher said. "A batch of guys tin tally the ball, but they don’t propulsion it arsenic well, oregon they propulsion it truly good, but don’t tally it arsenic well. He’s got both."

Urlacher besides dismissed immoderate interest implicit Williams appearing connected the screen of Madden.

"I bash not," Urlacher said erstwhile asked if helium believes successful the Madden curse. "What a large grant for him to beryllium connected there."

American Century Championship remains a summertime highlight

Urlacher besides discussed 1 of his favourite yearly events, the American Century Championship personage play tourney successful Lake Tahoe.

"Our summertime is scheduled astir this lawsuit each year," Urlacher said. "Tahoe’s beautiful, but the 3 days of contention playing against different guys successful different sports and acting and each that worldly is simply a batch of amusive arsenic well."

Urlacher said the tournament’s instrumentality ambiance adds to the pressure.

"The golf. The competition," Urlacher said erstwhile asked astir his favourite portion of the event. "Golf’s hard, but you get radical watching you, it gets adjacent harder."

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Urlacher joked that his main extremity is simple: bushed erstwhile MLB subordinate Kevin Millar.

"We person a broadside bet," Urlacher said. "We’re precise akin successful handicap, truthful he’s the feline I privation to beat."