Dan Wiederer: Once a unifier, will Brian Urlacher's divisive social media actions make him unwelcome at Halas Hall?

On a steamy August Saturday two summers ago, former Chicago Bears kept funneling into Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, all smiling, all enthusiastic, all there in Canton, Ohio, to pay reverence to a man they were genuinely honored to call a teammate, a friend, a brother.

You could feel the admiration in each of their smiles, the respect in every memory they shared.

Charles Tillman, Lance Briggs and Lovie Smith.

Julius Peppers, Alex Brown and Olin Kreutz.

Roberto Garza, Mike Brown and Greg Olsen.

For them, the guest of honor that weekend was Brian Urlacher, whose bronze bust was rightfully going into the Pro Football Hall of Fame because of the kind of fast and ferocious linebacker he was during a remarkable 13-season career. Yet those who knew Urlacher best and came to support him spoke less about his sideline-to-sideline speed and elite playmaking instincts as they did about his unselfishness, his humility, his authentic enjoyment of the brotherhood.

"He was one of the greatest teammates you could ever have," Tillman