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Juddzilla · #1 (**permalink**) 05-17-2007, 11:58 PM

http://www.topix.net/nfl/2007/05/bea...-seeking-trade

I know we don't have the cap room to make this move, or otherwise we would have redone the Burgess contract. But oh man how sweet would it be to have him opposite DB!

**YoungLegend** · #2 (**permalink**) 05-18-2007, 12:19 AM

The Bears have so many DE's on that roster... i kind of thought it was a bone head move to draft a DE in the 2nd round..

I dout the Raiders will have any intrest for him..

**RaiderInNY** · #3 (**permalink**) 05-18-2007, 01:23 AM

I like Brown...

**ErieRaidahz** · #4 (**permalink**) 05-18-2007, 01:56 AM

good player but i dont forsee us getting him especially after drafting moses

**Oghenny99** · #5 (**permalink**) 05-18-2007, 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by ErieRaidahz

good player but i dont forsee us getting him especially after drafting moses

Why not? A rook needs time to develop and Brown is a proven DE.

They drafted Bazuin a solid DE and they have Mark Anderson who got 12 sacks his rookie year! He was a fifth round draft pick last year! They got some great line coaches out in Chicago. And dont forget Ogunleye, who is also a monster. I doubt he becomes free or we can work a trade but they could use a WR. Maybe if we bundled 1 wr and a pick? I just want our D-line to be crazy good.

Juddzilla · #6 (**permalink**) 05-18-2007, 04:26 AM

From PFT today:

POSTED 11:27 a.m. EDT, May 17, 2007

ALEX BROWN LOOKING FOR A TRADE by Michael David Smith

Bears defensive end Alex Brown said in a radio interview Wednesday that he's seeking permission for a trade.

"We're just trying to see what's out there," Brown told Adam Schein and Solomon Wilcots of Sirius NFL Radio. "That's what we're trying to do. It's not the Bears. They don't want to get rid of me. It's just that I want to see what else is out there. I think I'm a very good guy. It's just sometimes you kind of want to test to see if there's something else out there for you."

Brown said the Bears told him they don't want to trade him, but realistically, they must at least be thinking about it. The Bears' depth chart is loaded at defensive end, with Adewale Ogunleye holding onto one starting spot, Mark Anderson coming off a rookie year in which he led the team in sacks as a part-time player, and the front office raving about second-round pick Dan Bazuin.

The Bears have already shown that they won't hesitate to trade a veteran and replace him with a younger player, sending running back Thomas Jones to the Jets this year, which made Cedric Benson the starter.

Still, the most likely scenario is that Brown will be in the Bears' starting lineup in September. Brown still has three years left on the five-year, $15 million contract extension that he signed prior to the 2005 season, and he understands that he's bound by that contract: "I love playing football and I just can't see myself sitting down or sitting out or something like that because of a contract," Brown said.