After 13 years in the NFL, Olin Kreutz says he is leaning toward retiring from football after negotiations with the Chicago Bears fell through this weekend in sudden and dramatic fashion.

"I feel pretty close (to retiring)," Kreutz told ESPNChicago.com by phone Sunday night. "I don't know if I could go somewhere and play for someone else. It has always been about the Bears, I've always chosen them and I just don't know if I could do it for someone else."

The Bears gave Kreutz and his agent, Mark Bartelstein, an ultimatum Saturday on a one-year, $4 million contract, which was $2 million less than he was paid last year. Kreutz was willing to compromise on the length of the deal and the two sides were about $800,000 apart on the dollar amount.

The team's first offer on Thursday was close to $3 million.

"I thought they were going to make a pretty good offer off the bat so I could get to camp and get going," Kreutz said. "When they made a decent offer, it was 'Take it or leave it.' It just seemed to me they wanted to move in a different direction."

The Bears did indeed move quickly, signing former Seattle center Chris Spencer. And now Kreutz said it may just signal the end of his 13-year career.

"I'd like to take a few days to take the emotions out of it," he said, "but I knew after the 12th or 13th year that once the Bears were over, I'd be pretty much done."

Bartelstein claims the team did not negotiate in good faith while indicating general manager Jerry Angelo and coach Lovie Smith were not on the same page.