The Bears Den: March 26, 2010- Bears Shopping Brown

Marcus Easley could be a good pick, but 6-2, 207 and a possible sub 4.4 40 time, sure he’s going in the third rd, and we need a Safety way more than another underdeveloped WR

Yeah, they’d probably be that stupid. Sorry Alex, it sucks when you weren’t a first day draft pick. That’s what happens when you put the bulk of your money into one player at a position. Peppers had better tear it up this season. I’m sure Alex will do well whereever he winds up.

My head is hurting

Halas vs Sayers
Singletary vs Butkus

‘’"Very happy with Mark last year," Smith said. "He played better than he was given credit for. We feel comfortable with him.’’’’’’

WTH???? r u kidding me! hes a one trick pony ! I like the guy personally but since all the teams found out what his trick was,he avg only 3 sacks a season !!!

On the surface the possibility of trading away Alex Brown would seem like a dumb move, however, Idonije has the tools to succeed in replacing Brown at DE, and he may be a shade faster and quicker than Brown too. The question is, will Anderson develop into a viable DE who can play the run as well as rush the passer? That is where the real risk lays.

 Alex on March 25, 2010 9:22 AM

Hey, if you have forgotten! Lovie wasn’t fired it was too costly to pay him to let him sit on his squash.

The real problem is that Lovie’s head and squash are interchangeable.

Look how Manning and other D-backs have been bounced around
and look how Idonije has been asked to gain and lose 10,000 lbs. Anthony Adams has proven to be very reliable but Lovie is too confused to use him properly.

Lovie can not develop or recognize talent!

Kreutz, Garza and Beekmen are undersized and the rush stats prove it out! If Lovie the Mope and Angelo the dope don’t fix the O-Line it will be the old results!

He seems angry but I couldn’t of said it better myself. (hes second comment down btw)

Plus… with Peppers on board, it’ll take attention away from AB to have more playmaking opportunities.

Ugh… I swear we’re run by morons.

While I love Brown as a player, he’s not a spring chicken anymore. The defense hasn’t been up to par the past three years, so naturally, it makes some sense to try and upgrade with younger more athletic players (Idonije) along the D-line.

One NFC scout contacted was asked if he could simply pick the best position for Idonije, where would he play him? He said he would used Idonije at left end on first and second down and move him inside as a pass rusher on third down. So the Bears’ move of Idonije sets him up to be improved in the eyes of this scout. Again, he projects as a left end, though, not a guy who will play both sides.

and Alex Brown is our 2nd best D-lineman (not just 2nd best DE). He’s also a high character guy with a very reasonable contract. Brown is a complete DE who steps-up in big moments, and can block FGs too.

Anderson has 0 of those traits. He has 1 move – an ineffective speed rush move. Anderson is the weakest link.

I can’t get the damn story to come up but apparently Brown is telling teammates he’s expecting to be traded or released. Link

I will miss Alex Brown as much as the next Bears fan…the “Gator Chomp” was one of the few bright spots over the last few seasons, however:

1. We now have Julius Peppers…and with all due respect to Brown, Peppers is a much more tallented DE. If we would not have acquired Peppers we would have a rotation of Brown, Izzy, Ogunleye, and Anderson, just like last year…we all know how that turned out. This year with Peppers, Izzy and Anderson should both look better.

2. Brown was due like $5.5 Mill this season…maybe just maybe they actually thought that money could be spent on another position like FS or OL where we have a bigger need.

3. Marinelli seems to like what he sees in Anderson…maybe he knows more than we do.

4. This situation reminds me of last year when we got Jay Cutler. Many people were sad to see Orton leave, but I think overall the production at the position improved. I know Jay did not have a probowl season, but I think it would have been a much longer season in 2009 with Kyle behind center.

I will miss Brown and his stable proformance, but my hope is at the end of the season we won’t notice an overall lack in production from our D-line, in fact I expect to see an improvement.

there is really no more to this discussion …

but I had to chime in on this Alex Brown trade issue. Imo this is a total joke. They’re gonna get rid of one of our most consistent starters and a true leader in order to (apparently) save a few bucks in an uncapped year? Anyone that likes this move has to be able to give a good reason because I just do not see the point. Although it’s not all bad because these assholes will finally get what they deserve at the end of the season.

He was a hard worker, a team leader and all around classy guy who Bears fans loved. I wish him the best. The Bears could be making a mistake with moving him.

brown has been a solid player but he wants a lot of dough and with peppers and the money spent on him it makes sense.. as much as i hate to see fav players go like vasher, mckie, peterson.. im impressed that the bears are cleaning house..
funny how things get done when your jobs on the line huh?

They are trying to trade him to save a little green so they can sign OJ (the safety not the murderer) Atogwa (however its spelled) but who knows DM is back at safety with Steltz..where Al Afalava is i dont know.

It’s absurd to think that losing an all around talent like Alex Brown is a good thing. Peppers can’t do it all by himself. Why did we take 2 steps forward and 1 step back? If we end up with Atogwe and a second rounder or third rounder, I would be OK with that.

What if this blows up in our face? For example, we have to cut AB, another team signs Anderson, and we drop out of a bidding war in June when Atogwe’s price tag gets too high for us?

Chicago has lost a lot of top defensive players in the past two seasons, only to get Cutler and Peppers. Not much of a trade.

with Peppers starting on the right side..Brown is not a LE, so what we’re gonna pay him 5.5 mil to be a backup? It’s not like he would come in on 3rd down Peppers has that locked up..For those that say Anderson sucks he had 3.5 sacks compared to Browns 6 with Brown playing twice as much and Izzy’s production was better with a smaller role….Not a bad move at all for the Bears