MANKATO, Minn. -- Vikings wide receiver Bobby Wade said Friday he has made peace with former Chicago Bears teammate Brian Urlacher after getting a little too chatty on a local radio show.
Wade, as you may have heard, revealed Wednesday during an interview with Minneapolis station KFAN-AM that Urlacher used an a filthy word in describing Jay Cutler as, well, less than manly during a recent weekend trip to Sin City.
Now that Urlacher and Cutler, Chicago's new starting quarterback, have kissed and made up at Bears' training camp in Bourbonnais, Ill., does Wade regret spilling the beans publicly about what the guys said in Las Vegas?
"It's something I definitely shouldn't have said, I can definitely tell you that. If I had the opportunity back, I probably wouldn't have said it,'' said Wade said, choosing his words very carefully this time. "However, moving forward, it was said. My communication with Brian is still good. It is what it is.
"If I had the opportunity again, I wouldn't say it."
Urlacher and Cutler denied there was any problem between them.
"[Urlacher] was the first one I heard it from,'' Cutler said Thursday. "We laughed about it. I didn't put any stock into it. I know Brian didn't. I think he was just sorry it even came out like that. Me and Brian have been on a good relationship since I got here, and I expect it to continue that way.''
Urlacher claims he was misquoted -- don't they all?
"I saw Bobby at a place somewhere and I was talking to him, but I never said what I was quoted as saying,'' said Urlacher, who performed textbook damage control. "I have a lot of respect for Jay, and I think Jay knows that"Wade, meanwhile, won't be getting any bonuses from the Vikings for riling up a division rival.
"I have a big heart for the Bears, you know that," said Wade, a fifth-round draft pick of the Bears in 2003 who spent three seasons with Chicago. "It's been really fun having an opportunity to play against that team, especially knowing those guys so well."
As for unsigned first-round draft pick, wide receiver Percy Harvin, Wade said the rookie from Florida is missing valuable snaps and meetings.
"It's really important for a younger player; however, there is a big business part to this game,'' Wade said. "It's his personal situation and he'll handle that. I just know when he gets in here, he'll be giving 100 percent. He'll still be able to pick it up and learn some stuff fast."
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to brian urlacker all quaterbacks are pussy's so cutler shoulddn't take to hard if i were cutler i'd say whatever you say brian ...now lets see em tear some quaterbacks head off
watching the press and espn there not telling whole story. i live in chicago area and watche comcast sportsnet and urlacher and cutler as well as the team as whole said there not bothered by the comment and are moving on. actually urlacher and cutler where laughing at it so press might as move on cutler and urlacher could care less.