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Man, you gotta love Brian Urlacher's love for the game. The Chicago Bears' All-Star linebacker said that he took painkilling injections to stay on the football field and avoid injuries. He even had a concussion, and took this injection, to stay on the gridiron."It's normal," Urlacher told "Real Sports." "You drop your pants, you get the alcohol, they give you a shot, put the Band-Aid on and you go out and play."As reported by the source, taking these injections can lead to kidney failure and gastrointestinal bleeding. Does Urlacher know? Yes. And he's willing to risk himself. "First of all, we love football," Urlacher said. "We want to be on the field as much as we can be. If we can be out there, it may be stupid, it may be dumb, call me dumb and stupid then, because I want to be on the football field."He even lies about concussions."If I have a concussion these days, I'm going to say something happened...
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