Longtime Chicago middle linebacker Brian Urlacher said his agents have been in touch with the Minnesota Vikings since contract talks with the Bears fell apart this week.

“My agents did talk to Minnesota a little bit,” Urlacher said during an interview with Dan Patrick on his NBC Sports Channel show on Friday, March 22, adding that Pat Dye Jr. and Bill Johnson also have had contact with Dallas and Arizona.

Urlacher said the Vikings are “a good football team.” And at least structurally, the Vikings’ 4-3 defense would seem to be a good fit for the 13-year veteran and five-time All-Pro. But he won’t limit his options to teams playing that defense.

“I’ve been a 4-3 guy my whole career,” Urlacher said. “But I’m pretty sure I could learn a 3-4.”

Urlacher admitted, after goading by Patrick, that he’d even consider playing for the Green Bay Packers, the Bears’ most hated rival.

“Green Bay’s a 3-4. I’d have to learn their defense,” Urlacher said.

The eight-time Pro Bowler said he hoped to finish his career in Chicago, but he turned down the Bears’ $2 million contract offer that he found unreasonably low. He insists, though, that he’s not bitter toward the Bears’ owners.

“I really have no hard feelings toward the McCaskeys,” Urlacher said. “I understand it’s a business, and the business just didn’t work out this time for both sides.”

Urlacher said, though, that he “definitely” would still be with the Bears if Lovie Smith were still the coach. Smith was fired in January at the end of the Bears’ 10-6 season.

The 13-year veteran said he’s not depressed by the high-profile divorce from the only NFL team he has ever known.

“(I’m) disappointed, but I’m also excited I get a chance to look around and see what’s out there, if there is anything out there at all,” Urlacher said. “I don’t know, maybe nobody wants me. Who knows? But we’re gonna find out, I know that much.”

Urlacher is coming off a mediocre season in which he was limited to 12 games because of injury. But he insists he still has a couple more good years left in him.

“I’d like to say two (seasons). I finally feel good,” he said. “Last offseason was so frustrating trying to fix my knee. … This offseason I’ve worked out like normal. … I’m finally healthy. Hamstring doesn’t hurt anymore.

“(But) if no one signs me?” Urlacher deadpanned. “Zero.”

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