Buccaneers great Derrick Brooks headed to Chicago?

Lovie Smith may already be talking to Derrick Brooks as a possible replacement for Brian Urlacher, but the team is signing another linebacker -- Tim Shaw.The Chicago Sun-Times reports the team will sign Shaw on Tuesday when the former Penn...

The Chicago Bears may replace one Pro Bowl middle linebacker with an even more decorated one. With six-time Pro Bowl linebacker Brian Urlacher out for the year after suffering a dislocated wrist Sunday night, the Bears have been in contact with to 11-time Pro Bowl linebacker Derrick Brooks, ESPN reporter Adam Schefter reported. The Bears could sign Brooks as early as today, Schefter...

Coach Lovie Smith says the Chicago Bears will pass on Derrick Brooks, for now, in the team's attempt to shore up its linebacker corps. Smith wouldn't rule out adding a veteran such as Brooks but will turn to the current roster to replace middle linebacker Brian Urlacher, who was placed on injured reserve Monday after wrist surgery, and strongside linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa...

Coach Lovie Smith says the Chicago Bears will pass on Derrick Brooks, for now, in the team's attempt to shore up its linebacker corps. Smith wouldn't rule out adding a veteran such as Brooks but will turn to the current roster to replace middle linebacker Brian Urlacher, who was placed on injured reserve Monday after wrist surgery, and strongside linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa...

-- With Jerod Mayo shelved for a few weeks with a reported sprained MCL, one linebacker that the Patriots are interested in adding to the team is Tampa Bay free agent Derrick Brooks, the Boston Herald is reporting, citing an...

Linebacker could step in for injured Mayo.

The first week of the NFL season was not a good one to linebackers across the league. The Chicago Bears lost  Brian Urlacher for the season to a dislocated wrist. Buffalo Bulls rising star  Paul Posluzny broke a bone in his arm in the same game that last season AFC Defensive Rookie of the Year  Jerod Mayo went down with a knee injury. All these injuries surely lead...

It has been reported by several different sources that the Chicago Bears are in contract negotiations with free agent linebacker and future hall of famer Derrick Brooks. This comes after the news that star middle linebacker Brian Urlacher is done for the season with a dislocated wrist. Let me first say that Derrick Brooks is one of the great linebackers of this decade. He is a class...

The Chicago Bears have lost middle linebacker Brian Urlacher for the year with a wrist injury and may be looking to add former Tampa Bay star Derrick...

The Chicago Bears have lost middle linebacker Brian Urlacher for the year with a wrist injury and may be looking to add former Tampa Bay star Derrick Brooks to the roster.

The Buccaneers released veteran outside linebackers Derrick Brooks and Cato Junes in cost-cutting moves, handing the starting jobs to unproven young players Geno Hayes and Quincy Black. The Cowboys could make Tampa Bay pay for that decision with their two-tight end package, featuring perennial Pro Bowler Jason Witten and budding star Martellus Bennett. "Those two guys create problems...

August 11, 2009 4:30 PM By Brett Martel, The Associated Press METAIRIE, La.  — At last, an NFL team is showing some genuine interest in 36-year-old, 11-time Pro Bowl linebacker Derrick Brooks. The New Orleans Saints Tuesday invited Brooks in for a workout after learning that reserve linebacker Mark Simoneau would need surgery ...