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The Chicago Bears defense is loaded with star talent, but most analysts have been saying that the unit headlined by Brian Urlacher, Lance Briggs, Julius Peppers and Charles Tillman is getting too old to control games. Through the first four weeks of the NFL season, Bears defenders have enjoyed responding to that notion with their stellar play.
Urlacher, who has been dealing with a knee injury during the first few weeks of the season, offered up his thoughts on the 'aging defense' narrative (via ESPN Chicago):
"Hopefully you would think we're younger than we really are; some of us at least," Urlacher said. "Age is just a number. We play well together, we know where to fit. We've been in the system for a long time. We know where to go, where our teammates are going to be, and it allows us to play faster."