The Bears Den: March 31st, 2010

by Kev H on Mar 31, 2010 7:01 AM CDT in The Bears Den

When I played Pro Football, I never set out to hurt anybody deliberately--unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something. - Dick Butkus

Peppers sees Bears defense rebounding - Well I would certainly hope so. I mean, no player would go somewhere just because of the money, right?

New Mexico center Cook on Bears' radar - Bears Blog - ESPN Chicago - Does this mean that the Bears are less high on the Beekman replacement plan than they used to be? What do you think of this young bloke?

Bears to visit Browns in 2010 preseason finale - Chicago Breaking Sports - The Bears shall once again play their third string against the Browns third string at the end of August. The rest of the preseason schedule comes out today.

So here's the math. You + Following WCG on Twitter = Nothing but timely awesomeness for you. Make it happen.

The Big Question: Bears DL movement - NFC North Blog - ESPN - Kevin Seifert has an idea why Brown is leaving.

RosenBlog: Bears go with the bad and hurt on the defensive line - There's a lot of money in the defensive line. And there probably should be. Rosenbloom will tell you about it.

Mile High salute: Kicker Elam to retire Wednesday as a Bronco - I like this kind of thing - Your solid players should retire with you. End of story.

Pittsburgh Panthers coach Dave Wannstedt has contract extended - ESPN - Just keep him out of the NFL, Pitt. Just keep him out of the NFL.

Kelis has a new man? - I guess her milkshake brought all the 'Wale to the yard, eh? (Leave me a lone, it's a slower news day.)

Note to, uh, whoever: Little kids should not be performing a Scarface play.

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The way the Bears management is handling this (alex brown) makes me ill.
Mark Anderson is not our next starting defensive end, not the answer anyways, neither is Izzy, he should have stuck inside. Brown doesn’t generate 15 sack years, but he usually gets above 5, and is consistent…which is exactly what we need next to Peppers, who is a consistent 10 sack end… which would probably drive up Browns sacks and performance.

our secondary, like Rosenbloom says, our secondary is a toxic waste dump… which is worse than saying they suck. giving up 41 and 45 point games… is unacceptable, so lets trade one of our primary workhorses, and start Anderson, someone who wouldn’t start on the Rams defensive line, instead of keeping the depth, or releasing Anderson, and getting a FS

Chuck Norris once met Dick Butkus and had a very odd feeling come over him. Chuck later realized it was fear

by BearNecessities on Mar 31, 2010 8:36 AM CDT reply actions

I've always liked Brown's versatility.

From the sacks to him dropping back in coverage to his ability to read a play and drop off if his pass rush if he reads screen. He may not be the greatest DE in the world, but he’s smart.

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"Newbie, if the next two words out of your mouth aren't 'See ya' then the third word will be 'Oh my god. My crotch. You've punched me in my crotch." - Dr. Percival Ulysses Cox

by David Taylor on Mar 31, 2010 8:51 AM CDT up reply actions

and the Gator chomp with those big white gloves...c'mon!

Chuck Norris once met Dick Butkus and had a very odd feeling come over him. Chuck later realized it was fear

by BearNecessities on Mar 31, 2010 8:53 AM CDT up reply actions

The Gator chomp is what I will miss the most.

by JordanRay on Mar 31, 2010 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions

even if we only got to see it a couple times a year. ;)

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"Newbie, if the next two words out of your mouth aren't 'See ya' then the third word will be 'Oh my god. My crotch. You've punched me in my crotch." - Dr. Percival Ulysses Cox

by David Taylor on Mar 31, 2010 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions

If the line performs

the toxic dump secondary will look a lot better. And before you say it, I realize your counterpoint is “then why get rid of Brown?”

Getting rid of Brown is a sound business decision. It allows him to possibly gain security somewhere else, and it frees the Bears up to try to fix some of the other things that people are so intent on having them fix.

I'm a firm believer in the philosophy of a ruling class. Especially since I rule. -Randal Graves

Writer at windycitygridiron.com -/-I http://www.twitter.com/kdoggers

by Kev H on Mar 31, 2010 9:06 AM CDT up reply actions

respectfully I have to disagree

Our abysmal secondary will still be abysmal, unless all of our line is pro bowl caliber, which, it isn’t.

our team in no way gets any better with the departure of Brown. restructure his contract or something. but jettisoning a solid hard worker for 2 unknowns is not good business, anywhere.

The Bears also, won’t address our other issues. Manning and Bullocks don’t exactly inspire fear to a Quarterback, who now with Peppers only has 5 seconds to throw, instead of 8 without him. Peppers makes us better yes, but not so much better than we can dump other players. we got rid of Thomas Jones, we got worse, got rid of Harris, got worse, see a trend?

Chuck Norris once met Dick Butkus and had a very odd feeling come over him. Chuck later realized it was fear

by BearNecessities on Mar 31, 2010 9:12 AM CDT up reply actions

We definitely disagree respectfully

I like T. Jones, but I’m not clamoring to have him back. Same with Harris. While Harris was here, he wasn’t showing me enough that we shouldn’t try something else. (Granted, the people they tried it with didn’t have any business trying, but that’s a coaching/scouting issue. I still agree with the idea behind it.)

That said, I am confident that the Bears will get the same production from the Izzy/Anderson combo that they got from Brown.

I think the Bears will attempt to address other issues—they seem to be sniffing safety in the draft, or possibly a free agency move.

You can’t double team everybody on the defensive line. Peppers and a Healthy T. Harris(fingers crossed) will both often command two guys. That leaves the other two lineman one on one, and I like their chances in that match up.

I'm a firm believer in the philosophy of a ruling class. Especially since I rule. -Randal Graves

Writer at windycitygridiron.com -/-I http://www.twitter.com/kdoggers

by Kev H on Mar 31, 2010 9:37 AM CDT up reply actions

I think we bank too much on maybes sometimes

with Harris for example… for the last few years, we’ve all said at one point or another (me too) that, if XX player were healthy, we’d be a top ten d. and the bottom line is, we haven’t. thats just my qualm with this, he’s(Brown) a healthy steady player, year in and year out. Anderson isn’t. Izzy doesn’t have a large enough body of work to judge yet, but I remain weary of any decision based solely on money, in an uncapped year

Chuck Norris once met Dick Butkus and had a very odd feeling come over him. Chuck later realized it was fear

by BearNecessities on Mar 31, 2010 9:59 AM CDT up reply actions

That's the thing

…just because you have money, doesn’t mean you have to spend it.

I mean, don’t get me wrong, I love Alex Brown, and I’ve loved watching him play. Still said, I just don’t think 48 tackles and 6 sacks was really worth the $5 Mil he was going to receive.

I hope he ends up somewhere, gets a good deal and some security, and has a few more solid years for someone, but I just think it’s time to move on now before diminishing returns really start to kick in.

I'm a firm believer in the philosophy of a ruling class. Especially since I rule. -Randal Graves

Writer at windycitygridiron.com -/-I http://www.twitter.com/kdoggers

by Kev H on Mar 31, 2010 10:04 AM CDT up reply actions

agreed that 5 mil could be a bit on the high side

Chuck Norris once met Dick Butkus and had a very odd feeling come over him. Chuck later realized it was fear

by BearNecessities on Mar 31, 2010 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions

Brown tweets

I am extremely grateful for my time as a Chicago Bear and I wish the Bears the best. I am glad that they gave me an opportunity to realize a dream I had ad a child. I appreciate the fans but as we all know this is the nature of the business. Bear down!

He’s acting like it’s a done deal. Maybe it is and we just don’t know.

by boondock_saint812 on Mar 31, 2010 9:46 AM CDT reply actions

Class Act

I loved that the time he was here, but there is no arguing that Peppers is a better athlete, and Brown would have been a shell of himself on the other end of the line…

Hopefully he can land on his feet…just not on a team we need to play…I hate getting bit by former players

Unreasonable people make life difficult...

by WisBearsFan34 on Mar 31, 2010 9:54 AM CDT up reply actions

I will bow down to Browns classiness

Also off topic. If Donovan McNabb gets traded to Oakland I will HATE the Eagles for that. He doesn’t deserve that.

by T.Moore on Mar 31, 2010 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions

Dane and I

had that exact conversation the other day.

I'm a firm believer in the philosophy of a ruling class. Especially since I rule. -Randal Graves

Writer at windycitygridiron.com -/-I http://www.twitter.com/kdoggers

by Kev H on Mar 31, 2010 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions

honestly, I think he can win with Oakland.

that offense is creepin on a come up.

You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes.

by ifuwannacrownem on Mar 31, 2010 1:24 PM CDT up reply actions

as they should...

with that many back-to-back top ten draft selections.

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"Newbie, if the next two words out of your mouth aren't 'See ya' then the third word will be 'Oh my god. My crotch. You've punched me in my crotch." - Dr. Percival Ulysses Cox

by David Taylor on Mar 31, 2010 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions

Eight pick this year.

Consistency. Just can’t knock it.

You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes.

by ifuwannacrownem on Mar 31, 2010 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions

When you think your team is bad...

look no further than the Oakland Raiders.

Their first round draft selections over the last 10 years.

2009 – Darrius Heyward-Bey – lol!
2008 – Darren McFadden RB – still too early to tell, so far, meh…
2007 – JaMarcus Russell QB – super bust
2006 – Michael Huff S – bust
2005 – Fabian Washington CB – slightly below average player
2004 – Robert Gallery OT – A complete bust at T, moved to G and has had some success
2003 – Nnamdi Asomugha DB – even a blind squirrel…
2003 – Tyler Brayton DE – simply average
2002 – Phillip Buchanon DB “horrid corner – nickname: P-Burnt before he was traded”
2002 – Napoleon Harris LB – decent as a rookie and has since fallen off the map
2001 – Derrick Gibson DB – ungood and out of football
2000 – Sebastian Janikowski K – when your kicker is one of your best 1st round draft picks…

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"Newbie, if the next two words out of your mouth aren't 'See ya' then the third word will be 'Oh my god. My crotch. You've punched me in my crotch." - Dr. Percival Ulysses Cox

by David Taylor on Apr 1, 2010 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions

I'll drink to that!

2000 – Sebastian Janikowski K – when your kicker is one of your best 1st round draft picks…

If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.

by Just Dave on Apr 1, 2010 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions

"Wheredya' get the beauty mark, Chico?

Eatin’ Play-do?"

"More cowbell" - Bruce Dickinson
"More bell cow" - Lovie Smith

by Pete Dixon on Mar 31, 2010 10:13 AM CDT reply actions

watching that was disturbing.

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"Newbie, if the next two words out of your mouth aren't 'See ya' then the third word will be 'Oh my god. My crotch. You've punched me in my crotch." - Dr. Percival Ulysses Cox

by David Taylor on Mar 31, 2010 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions

Read some of the comments.

Looked over her profile. Must have created an alter-ego or something which IS kinda’ funny. I’m ~~guessing~~ hoping it’s a joke.

Something far less disturbing.

"More cowbell" - Bruce Dickinson
"More bell cow" - Lovie Smith

by Pete Dixon on Mar 31, 2010 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions

Heads up all

That link is so incredibly NSFW that I don’t think I can express how NSFW it is, and alternatively, I should probably delete it, but instead I’m going with a warning, because I’m feeling very benevolent.

Unless your job is cool with constant Fbombs.

I'm a firm believer in the philosophy of a ruling class. Especially since I rule. -Randal Graves

Writer at windycitygridiron.com -/-I http://www.twitter.com/kdoggers

by Kev H on Mar 31, 2010 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions

Apologies!

I should have forewarned others myself or, better yet, not posted it at all. Of course I never would have posted it to begin with if….never mind. :)

"More cowbell" - Bruce Dickinson
"More bell cow" - Lovie Smith

by Pete Dixon on Mar 31, 2010 11:05 AM CDT up reply actions

I thought it was hilarious!

And it’s not a real school play. LINK

by boondock_saint812 on Mar 31, 2010 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions

Why!

Would a team trade for Brown now, knowing that if they’re patient, wait for the Bears to release him and most likely pay him less than his current $5 salary?

"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain

by phastphil on Mar 31, 2010 10:47 AM CDT reply actions