Linebacker Brian Urlacher said he hasn’t had a concussion since 2003. (US Presswire)

Even after teammate Jay Cutler went out with his third concussion as an NFL player and former teammate Hunter Hillenmeyer had his career ended by concussions, Chicago Bears LB Brian Urlacher insists he would still disguise his own concussion to play, if possible.

Urlacher had said this before, and his stance hasn't changed.

"There are points in every game where you give a hit and you’re a little woozy," he said. "Not every game but mostly every game you hit someone and you’re like, ‘Whoa, that was a good one.’ I don’t know how you can lie these days with all the crap they have to see who’s concussed and who’s not. I don’t know how they can tell in the first place. I think the helmets aren’t very good. I wear an old helmet. Lance [Briggs] wears an old helmet. We don’t get concussed. We have some pretty big collisions, we don’t get concussed." 

Urlacher said he hasn't had a concussion since 2003.

"I think a lot of it has to do with the helmets now and the way they’re saying they are better but they must not be because people get more concussions now," he said.

Urlacher is more infuriated about the league's lack of protection for defensive players against cut blocks than he is concerned about the concussion issue.

"I think they shouldn't allow cut blocks becuase our knees are important to us, too," he said. "I know that concussions are a big deal, too, but I think cut blocks are a big deal but that seems to be OK with the NFL.

"So they’re not too concerned about safety. They’re concerned about long-term concussions but immediately they are not concerned about your knees or your ankles or anything like that. I think that should be an issue. Concussions are taking care of themselves. It’s a big deal to everyone because of all of the older players coming back and saying they’re all messed up now. That’s definitely an issue, but I think the cut blocks need to be a big issue as well."

Urlacher called the cut blocking-knee issue an even bigger concern for defensive players.

"Huge, because a knee injury can put you out for a season -- a concussion you may miss a game or two," he said. "Huge difference."

The difference, Urlacher said, is that a knee injury caused by a cut block deprives a player of making decisions about their career and may end their career. A concussion leaves a player with a choice.

"That's why you've got to judge if you don't want to play, don't want to get concussed, don't play," he said. "It's your career, it's your life, you have to make the decision on your own.

"Some guys have shut it down because of that. That's the value of after-football, I guess," he said. "If I got concussed a lot, I probably wouldn't keep playing."

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