Rumortoid: Sims for Bears' Alex Brown

Groan-inducing.

(also apparently Ruskell is set to join the Bears FO? News to me)

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I like Sims, but that seems like a pretty good deal. Isn't Alex Brown really good?

Or am I living in 2006?

by MFAN on Mar 27, 2010 5:01 PM PDT reply actions

Just looked him up and he's going to be 31 when the season starts, so that's not a good sign.

by MFAN on Mar 27, 2010 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Alex Brown isn't terrible

A reliable starter on different good Bears Ds over the year.

But yeah, as you said, he’s going to be 31, and even in his prime barely had the value Sims has.

by Thomas Beekers on Mar 27, 2010 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions

When a team trades for a DE (Adams who is no longer with the team/deceased), lets another one walk (Ogunleye), and is willing to part with yet another one? They don’t exactly have DEs to spare – he is likely old or terrible. Probably both.

by Misfit74 on Mar 27, 2010 5:10 PM PDT reply actions

Better be getting draft picks with this.

I don’t like creating a hole at left tackle, while simultaneously getting older on the D-line.

As for cutting Patrick Kerney, I won’t believe it until I see it, because they should have cut him a while ago, unless they thought that he had trade value.

Talents that I covet:

Ndamukong Suh, Gerald McCoy, Sam Bradford, Mike Iupati, Golden Tate, Earl Thomas, and Freddie Barnes

by Carl Shinyama on Mar 27, 2010 5:17 PM PDT reply actions

Think you mean guard, not tackle.

by sev79 on Mar 27, 2010 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Gahh. You're right.

I was pretty tired today, what with moving to a new place and doing homework.

Talents that I covet:

Ndamukong Suh, Gerald McCoy, Sam Bradford, Mike Iupati, Golden Tate, Earl Thomas, and Freddie Barnes

by Carl Shinyama on Mar 27, 2010 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions

Brown is probably going to be cut anyway.

If we wait to sign him as a free agent instead of trade, we can get an offer sheet on Sims.

by BurtonOerney on Mar 29, 2010 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions

Released, not cut.

by BurtonOerney on Mar 29, 2010 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions

The Chicago Sun Times says Seahawks don't want Brown, according to two mysterious sources.

Link

Goes on to say Seattle wants draft picks.

It also says that the reason Sims is deemed expendable is because new line coach Gibbs prefers to work with players with whom he’s more familiar, which if true is a really stupid reason to ditch Sims. Cuz, you know, there’s plenty of time left before the season to get to know the guy, Coach Gibbs. I’m guessing the writer of the article was just talking out of his ass on that one though.

by sev79 on Mar 27, 2010 7:37 PM PDT reply actions