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Bears fans not as dumb as Urlacher thinks

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Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith watches the action against the Green Bay Packers in the second half of an NFL football game in Chicago, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. The Packers won 21-13 to clinch the NFC North division title.

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The quiet chorus has become a jet engine roaring for change in Lake Forest, and even those eternally late to the party now realize the Bears need a new head coach Yet Brian Urlacher pleads for another year of Lovie Smith, probably because Urlacher needs Smith to keep him around. "Lovie is the head coach of this football team and hopefully will be for a long time,” Urlacher said.