Bears Release Alex Brown **Update**

[Friend_Of_Haley]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/fo ... 1914.story

Consider me not a fan of this. We wouldn't get anything worthwhile in a trade. He is our second best DE on the roster. He has been our most consistent players. Hell I wouldn't be surprised if he was the most consistent player in the NFL. You can pretty much mark him down for 50 tackles, 6 sacks if he is the full time starter. Only one game he wasn't active for in his career, in his rookie season.

He is up there in age, but one of the guys that they're raving about is Idonije who is 29. Brown in 30. Anderson has youth and athleticism on his side, but not much else. I'm really starting to question Marinelli, that he just gets enamored with athleticism. He gushed over Gaines Adams too, who didn't show much in his time last year, and I'm very skeptical he ever would have.

Put me on the Alex Brown fan club, make me president. I want this guy to be a Bear until he starts to decline, which he shows no signs of doing.

[Chewie]

Brown's steady if unspectacular but they've got 3 ends on the roster they like better and Brown doesn't exactly make 4th defensive-end money. You throw Gilbert and Melton into the mix and it's bye-bye Alex.

Don't shed too many tears over the loss of AB.

[SportsWorld]

Yep this would be a huge mistake if the Bears let him go especially if they let him go for nothing!

[NoSkyy]

This always happens. We always get rid of someone steady and he goes onto playing somewhere else because we think we have freaking depth. We really don't. One DE goes down and then what? Melton is our savior?? I rather not have that.

[Friend_Of_Haley]

Brown's steady if unspectacular but they've got 3 ends on the roster they like better and Brown doesn't exactly make 4th defensive-end money. You throw Gilbert and Melton into the mix and it's bye-bye Alex.

Don't shed too many tears over the loss of AB.

3 ends they like better. That doesn't mean they are better. The great Rod Marinelli loved Gaines Adams and he sucked. Rod is a sucker for athleticism as far as I can tell. I'm sure he's a great DL coach, but he isn't more than that.

[Chewie]

Speaking ill of the dad = bad karma.

Brown's average and is about to hit the downside of his career. I think you throw Anderson or Idonije in there and you don't miss a beat. Take the Alex Brown money and throw it at the defensive backfield where we have some real needs. If this means freeing up cash for an Atogwe-quality safety and gets us a pick in the process, I don't blink.

[ChronicKerr]

Unless we're planning on bringing Wale back I don't like this one bit. Anderson isn't a full time DE. He can play on passing downs and that's about it. Israel is solid but has been playing pretty much at DT.

Reminds me of last year when we brought in Cutler but provide no help at WR. Now, we bring in Peppers and then release the best DE on the team prior to him arriving. I don't get it. Brown is the hardest working member on the D-Line and I'll be sad to see him go, and for nothing?

[Pax for Prez]

Bears' Brown, Seahawks' Sims could trade places
Posted by Michael David Smith on March 27, 2010 7:27 PM ET
We've previously noted that the Chicago Bears are shopping defensive end Alex Brown and that the Seattle Seahawks aren't likely to keep restricted free agent guard Rob Sims. Now there's a report that the two could be trading places.

Dan Pompei of the Chicago Tribune reports, citing an unnamed league source, that Brown could be traded for Sims.

Per Pompei, Sims is not a great fit the zone blocking scheme the new coaching staff in Seattle is installing, but is the kind of lineman new Bears offensive line coach Mike Tice likes. Sims, who started 14 games in Seattle last year, was a fourth-round pick of then-Seahawks General Manager Tim Ruskell in 2006. Ruskell is expected to join the Bears' front office this year.

Brown seems to be the odd man out in Chicago now that the Bears have acquired defensive end Julius Peppers. The Seahawks could use him after trading defensive end Darryl Tapp to the Eagles.

When Tapp was traded, he first signed his tender with the Seahawks and then reached a new deal with the Eagles. A similar arrangement would make sense with Sims and the Bears.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... de-places/

[red222]

All was quiet on the Alex Brown trade front over the weekend, but the market is expected to heat up now.

Many general managers and coaches, including Jerry Angelo and Lovie Smith, took some time off after the NFL meetings. But most are expected to be at their desks Monday.

The early indication is that there is a market for Brown, as a number of teams have made inquiries. He even is being considered as an end in a 3-4 defense, one NFL source said. In anticipation of a deal, Brown will not attend the Bears' offseason conditioning program that begins Monday.

The best guess is that if the Bears receive a draft choice for Brown, it will be a late-round pick. But there also is a chance they will do a player for player deal.

One possibility, according to a league source, is Brown could be traded for guard Rob Sims, whom the Seahawks are trying to unload. He's a mauler who does not fit the zone blocking scheme of new offensive coordinator Jeremy Bates and offensive line guru Alex Gibbs. He is the kind of blocker, however, new Bears offensive line coach Mike Tice likes.

Sims was told to stay away from the Seahawks offseason conditioning program while the team tries to deal him. Sims, a 6-foot-3, 312-pounder out of Ohio State, started 14 games last year. The 26-year-old is a restricted free agent with a fourth round tender on him.

What's interesting about the Bears being a potential destination for him is Sims was taken in the fourth round of the 2006 draft by then-Seahawks general manager Tim Ruskell — who is expected to join the Bears in a prominent front office role at some point in the offseason.

Acquiring Sims would pave the path for the Bears to move Frank Omiyale to right tackle — which they seem intent on doing, and potentially strengthen their offensive line at two positions.

The Seahawks have a need at defensive end after trading Darryl Tapp and losing Cory Redding as a free agent. It also has been rumored they will cut defensive end Patrick Kerney. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/fo ... 9790.story

[SportsWorld]

If we can get a good piece for Brown, then I'm all for it. But don't let him go for nothing.

[SportsWorld]

From his twitter:
"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!"

[SportsWorld]

And the bears let him go for nothing. I love this organization.

[emperorjones]

I'm fine with this and I'm not about to knock an organization that just brought in Peppers AND Taylor. Are you kidding me?

Alex Brown was a nice piece to a below average puzzle, but I'm not worried that his production can be replaced. On top of that the move saves $5.5 million that we might use to get a safety or an OL. Before we go back to dumping on the organization again, lets remember that in the last year they have gone out and grabbed Cutler & Peppers. There is no doubt they want to win and are putting their money behind it.

[chadrucf]

What a waste...

[emperorjones]

I'm really not getting how you guys are not getting this. Let me ask. Would you have traded Brown for Peppers straight up? If so, then be happy because thats what we did. adewale & brown are $10 million!!!!!! $10 million for crap performance. mediocrity. The same crap people cried about every Sunday when our DE couldn't get an ounce of frickin' penetration. Now we go out & get a premiere guy and to afford it we cut lose both of our crap DEs and Bear fans are upset?

The most sacks this guy had in 8 years was frickin 7. 7! He would have struggled to get 6 again this year.

And he's 31 years old. Please. You guys missing rex too?

Not to over vent but - As George Jefferson would say (to Alex Brown)...let the doorknob hit ya where the good lord split ya.

**UPDATE** Philly only got a 2nd round pick for a pro bowl QB thats 33. What could we expect for a mediocre 31 year old DE?

[Friend_Of_Haley]

Alex Brown is solid and consistent, not mediocre.

Sure he has never had a double digit sack season, but take out his rookie year and his lowest sack total is 4.5, a year he only started two games. His tackle totals have only ranged from 40-58, with most years it being in the mid to high 40's. In his 8 year career he has only missed one game. And he was our best run defender on the defense. He would have complimented Peppers.

Its safe to say he would have been good for 45 and 6. I don't think either Anderson or Idonije can produce that, and thats also without the run defense.

[emperorjones]

solid and consistent on a line that consistently ranks in the bottom 3rd if not lower is my definition of mediocre. ON the Bears he is a solid player yes. In the league he is mediocre. Anderson & Idonije will make up for him but don't get me wrong - they are mediocre as well.