Mike Brown and Dusty Dvoracek Done For Season

by Adam T on Sep 10, 2007 3:10 PM CDT in News

The Bears lost more than the game yesterday. They lost two of their defensive starters.

Mike Brown again will not finish a full season after injuring his knee in the fourth quarter.

Dvoracek also will not play the majority of a season for the second straight year after tearing his ACL.

We are a much better off squad in terms of depth this year, so the loss will not be as big a deal, but this does bring up a bigger question. That being what do we do with Mike Brown. We cannot keep relying on him to be our starter if he cannot get through the year.

The loss of Brown will push second year man Danieal Manning into the lineup. This will also likely limit his kick off duties. We will likely see Rasheed Davis handle more of those.

As for Dvoracek, Darwin Walker and Anthony Adams will both receive more time. I don't think it matters a ton as long as Harris is in there. He makes it easier for whoever is playing next to him.

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this sucks, but...

i guess we know who our defensive backs coach is next year...

Welcome, Coach Brown.

by E Rock on Sep 10, 2007 3:44 PM CDT reply actions

Looks like

I'll be eating some crow about Mike Brown.

Oh well. I hope he has a good retirement.

"World Champs" on 3. 1...2...3, "WORLD CHAMPS!"

by mikebdot on Sep 10, 2007 3:59 PM CDT reply actions

Luck

If it wasn't for bad luck these two guys would have no luck at all.
The Bears do have some good back-ups, but I feel bad for these guys personally.

by phastphil on Sep 10, 2007 5:12 PM CDT reply actions

not luck

some guys are injury prone.

by Chad @ Windy City Gridiron on Sep 10, 2007 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions

Not his fault....

It wasn't Brown's fault that he got hurt. It was a dirty play.

Also, I'm not to optomistic about Manning. As for Walker, he should be good enough. He did play well yesterday.

by Twins Territory on Sep 10, 2007 5:55 PM CDT reply actions

Haven't been on awhile...

I'm not sure what to make of the lost of both, but I know it was expected. Our defense took a turn for the worst last year with brown out, but I know they prepared for it this year. I'm just wondering how long can harris play...I hope I'm wrong, but I think he's an injury waiting to happen.

by Los Soxos on Sep 10, 2007 6:07 PM CDT reply actions

Poor guys

I agree that from a depth standpoint the Bears have the ability to rebound from this but from a personal standpoint you can't help but feel horrible for both of these guys. Obviously Brown, especially because his career (at least with the Bears) is more than likely over. But also for Dvoracek who I think is a hell of a player and went through this same thing last year. And like Hesterfan said, Lorenzo Neal's dirty takedown makes it even worse, even though I guess it's come to be expected that it's only a matter of time before Brown goes down for the year. What a horrible start to what will hopefully be a great year.

by Ando on Sep 10, 2007 7:10 PM CDT reply actions

it was the best of things, and the worst...

having mike brown lost immediately is a good thing. it takes the worry out of wondering when he will be lost; it already happened, and the bears have 4 full months to re-adjust. this is actually good.

losing dusty is the pits. ian scott, gone. boone, gone. tank, gone. harris, healthy??? who truly knows. darwin walker was a massive pick-up by angelo, but the depth is just not there. and the interior defense was the area exploited the most by the colts in february; look for lots of other clubs to run right at the bears.

all of a sudden, offensive production became even that much more vital. let us hope there are no more games in 2007 where the turnovers outnumber the points scored; the (newly thinned) defense needs a little help.

by dc60123 @ Windy City Gridiron on Sep 10, 2007 7:27 PM CDT reply actions

kick returns

I would like to see garret wolfe take some kick returns.

by whiteman on Sep 10, 2007 8:14 PM CDT reply actions

Well...

Sure would be nice to have Chris Harris to give us a big hitter at safety. Bad trade in my opinion, i think i'm the only one who liked Harris though.

The Walker pickup looks huge now. Anyone know of any DTs that got cut when the rosters were finalized, we will probably need to sign one.

by lopey986 on Sep 11, 2007 12:38 AM CDT reply actions

If we kept Chris Harris

we would not have Kevin Payne. You haven't even seen him yet. You can't judge the trade until you see the kid play. He seems to be a very similar player.

"World Champs" on 3. 1...2...3, "WORLD CHAMPS!"

by mikebdot on Sep 11, 2007 7:46 AM CDT up reply actions

They thought Payne was a better player then Harris

Harris was a big hitter but I saw several plays last year where he screwed up and it cost us. So we have Payne and Garay off the practice squad so I guess that the Bears will have one more player to add to the roster to fill Browns spot.

by beardown on Sep 11, 2007 8:50 AM CDT up reply actions

I thought Payne

was already on the roster prior to Brown's injury? I don't think we have any safeties on our PS. The question is, who do we bring up from the PS or who do we go get off waivers? I just hope we don't sign someone, put them on STs and they can't cover shit.

I wouldn't mind bringing up Fontel Mines and having 4 TEs or having 7 WRs (putting Ball on the roster), but I'd much rather try another tackle at the right side, Fred Miller is just plain not good. The only problem is, his backup is listed as St. Clair, who sucks even worse...

"World Champs" on 3. 1...2...3, "WORLD CHAMPS!"

by mikebdot on Sep 11, 2007 9:24 AM CDT up reply actions