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ESPN Insider is reporting that Chicago will soon release DE Alex Brown, he is a sack guy, who is 6'3, 260. He has the right size and speed to play the OLB spot. He has 43.5 sacks over his career and will be 31 starting next season. I think he'd be a good option for us to pick up.
Thoughts?
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I think that it wouldn't hurt to try and convert him. I don't see how having Brown would make Mitchell expendable. We just got depth and a position and we'd just throw it away?
I think that it wouldn't hurt to try and convert him. I don't see how having Brown would make Mitchell expendable. We just got depth and a position and we'd just throw it away?
I don't see Mitchell being part of this team down the road.but you have a point.
I agree. Yeah we have bodies at OLB but they are just that. We need real 3-4 LB's.
i was just about to write something like that
maybin pencil him in at OLB he is a lock IMO to be a starter.
i don't think we have our other OLB that is the answer for the next few years on this roster. however we have 2-4 other DE to OLB projects on the roster.
i do think the bills will try and find another OLB soon i just dont see it as a priority this season while they figure out what is salvageable from the old roster
I think that its difficult to convert to a new position at his age.
He's never really been that productive compared to someone like Schobel despite the criticism he gets.
I think we'd be better off drafting and letting a rookie loose at OLB
We are trying to move guys like Maybin, Kelsay, and Schoble to a new position and many of the top OLB prospects would be playing there for the first time as well. Sapp, Hughes, Graham, Kindle were all DE's not OLB in college.
They have almost the exact same numbers average wise;
Schobel has played in 133 games starting 128 games, with 483 tackles and 78 sacks over 9 seasons
Brown has played in 127 games starting 107 games with 372 tackles and 43.5 sacks over 8 seasons
Schobel averages 8.67 sacks a season, Brown 5.4 sacks a season
Schobel averages 53 tackles a season, Brown 46 tackles a season
Brown may not have started much in 2007 but Schobel missed most of 2008 with injury.
And Brown had the luxury of starting alongside Tommie Harris drawing double teams for most of his career but had more than 7 sacks in a season.
Schobel has exceeded this total in 6 of the 9 seasons he has played and doubled this total in 2006 when he had the joys of Williams and Triplett drawing double teams (sarcasm)
ESPN Insider is reporting that Chicago will soon release DE Alex Brown, he is a sack guy, who is 6'3, 260. He has the right size and speed to play the OLB spot. He has 43.5 sacks over his career and will be 31 starting next season. I think he'd be a good option for us to pick up.
Thoughts?
I think he is a guy they would explore after the draft if they feel they didn't address the position adequately.
FA is pretty much frozen till after the draft anyways.
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