Bears' Brian Urlacher Out for Season

Chicago Bears Pro Bowl linebacker Brian Urlacher is likely out for the season after suffering a dislocated right wrist during the first quarter of Sunday night's Week 1 loss to the Green Bay Packers, the Chicago Tribune is reporting.

The Tribune reports:

When asked about his status Monday, Urlacher said in a text message that his "season is over."

He was scheduled to undergo surgery Monday morning upon the team's arrival back in Chicago from Green Bay. A dislocated bone had to be surgerically put back in.

For the Bears, Hunter Hillenmeyer was the next man up after Urlacher went down, and he may have to start the rest of the season in Urlacher's place. The Bears also lost starting strongside linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa to a knee injury against the Packers; it is not clear how long Tinoisamoa will be out.

Still, the Bears say they'll march on without their middle linebacker.

"We can't think about it,'' Bears defensive tackle Tommie Harris told the Tribune. "We just have to go with the guys we have. It's a long season. They need to get healthy and get back out there. We're going to miss them if they miss time. But that's why the guys behind them get paid just like they do.''

Urlacher had said in training camp that he was healthy and poised to have a big season, entering 2009 feeling no pain in his back or neck, which previously gave him trouble. That had Urlacher thinking he was ready to make the seventh Pro Bowl of his career. Now he is done after just one game.

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