"Chicago Bears linebackers Brian Urlacher and Lance Briggs are taking a pass on playing in the Pro Bowl.

Urlacher, who was selected to his seventh Pro Bowl in the most impressive season he has had since he was named the NFL's defensive player of the year in 2005, will be replaced in Sundays' all-star game by Washington linebacker London Fletcher, the Redskins said Monday.

Briggs told the Tribune he also had no plans to make the trip to Hawaii, and the Carolina Panthers announced Monday that Jon Beason will take his place. The Bears' weak-side linebacker had been named to the Pro Bowl for the sixth consecutive season."