Could Alex Brown play OLB?

I just Fan-Posted this same idea…I didn’t see yours.

Well at least someone had the same idea that I did. I always thought Alex Brown was a very good end. Not elite, but solid. My concerns were his coverage and speed for a 3-4 OLB (assuming that he was not big enough for a 4-3 DE.) Can he make the transition, or will he be similar to Kampman? (who, by the way, I greatly admire and will continue to follow his career).

If you can get him in camp for cheap I am all for it… But I ain’t giving him a signing bonus or much more than the vets minimum to find out!!! At 30? yrs old it would be a difficult transition, much like it was for Kampman!!! So I just don’t see it, nor do I see Thompson signing him on a hope and a prayer!!!

Over at Windy City Gridiron, they do seem sorry to see him go. They actually don’t seem that upset, as if they are getting used to the odd moves from their GM and head coach.

I saw the rumors that he was being shopped last week, specifically to the Seahawks. I was surprised but $5 million in 2010 for a 6 sack guy is close to overpaying.

As for the Packers, I wouldn’t expect a 30 year old, 8 year vet who’s never played LB could make the transition. But the Packers sure could use a situational pass rusher. There are a lot of times when Kampman and Matthews would be down lineman on obvious passing downs. Brown could fill that role, but he would take away some of the unpredictability of the 3-4 because he shouldn’t be expected to drop into coverage.

I think he’ll get a good contract offer from some 4-3 team looking for a pass rusher, and I don’t think it will be too far off of what the Bears were going to pay him. It would be a questionable move for the Packers to pay anywhere near $5 million for a guy playing no more than 15-20 snaps a game.

I some other articles I was reading, they said that he was being looked at as a 3-4 DE????

As much as it seems en vogue with other teams in our division (see the Bears and Vikings are the worst culprits) I just don’t see the Pack having much use for the throw aways from the other teams in our division. We tend to go young and let our coaching staff bring them up to speed.

It’s not sexy and it makes for pissed off fans in March, but it seems to work in the fall…and isn’t that really want to be making noise?

I don’t know if he could be an OLB but if he would come for cheap why not try him? And if he doesn’t work out we could use him as a pass rush specialist in some of our nickel and dime packages.

Was never impressed with Alex Brown and don’t want to carry his salary.

Funny thing about this Alex Brown thing is that the Bears staff basically announced that they were looking to trade or release him. Basically telling everyone, “We’ll trade for him, but you can probably strike a better deal if you wait for his release.” These guys just don’t know what the heck they’re doing. I feel bad for Bears fans because I don’t think any of their off season moves are going to have an impact on their record. Another sub .500 season.

I doubt anything will happens considering TT seems to hibernate from the start of free agency until the draft

I’m not sure if he knows that teams are allowed to trade for players or sign ones whose contracts are up with their former teams