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Can anyone explain why Alex Brown da bears DE came in unblocked about 75% of the time and forced Brunell to get flushed out to the sideline?

who was he lining up against?

I think Samuels. Did you see how fast Brown was? He was all over the field making plays.

I heard Samuels was playing on a bad ankle, can anyone confirm that?

what our coaching staff/players have done thus far is key up on the big threat and ignore "the other guy"... we held simeon rice in check, and strahan (he got 0 sacks, BUT the giants got 5 on the day), and in this game AO was really quiet, but the other guy (alex brown) sure wasn't... it wasn't 75% of plays, but it was a lot...

bugel said samuels had a fat ankle for what its worth.

Alex Brown looked like a hall of famer yesterday, hopefully Samuels can rest up if that was the case.

Most of the time when Brown was getting free was when he was against a TE or when the TE would pull and Samuels would either pick up a blitzing LB or help on the DT. This is a scheme though. When this is done, 99% of the time it's a running play to the right. Brown was so fast that he could blast into the backfield and get the RB before he hit the hole. I think they just underestimated Brown's ability. The Bears do have an excellent set of Dlinemen, though. We need a guy named Tank, by the way. We should call Ola Kimrin Tank.

It figures it was Samuels, he has not played as dominantly as I thought he would this year. I really figured that Samuels and the entire line would blossom under Bugel, and while they are improved it's still not enough to keep our qb upright or to open big holes for Portis. Samuels may have made it to the Pro Bowl a few times, but no one could confuse him for a Pro Bowler in our last 22 games.

It was Samuels who gave up that pressure that led to Chicago's only score wasn't it? This season only proves who our best offensive lineman is, and it's not the guy who farts and burps in meetings either.

samuels is good, but i really don't think he's ever really been pro bowl caliber (even when he did get in)...

Samuels has been fine this year and has definitely stepped up his play from last year.

I was at the game. What a JOKE. The Bears have to be the worst team in the NFL at this point and Brunell STILL looked aweful. Can we please have a Patrick Ramsey sighting? No doubt he could have hit the WIDE OPEN Coles, that would have blew the game wide open. I guess 15 yards past the nearest defender isn't open enough. Tupa could have punted the ball closer. It was nice to see the skins win, but they didn't win by much, and the Bears are HORRID.

[QUOTE=Mattyk72]Samuels has been fine this year and has definitely stepped up his play from last year.[/QUOTE]
I agree.

I also think he was deserving of his Pro Bowl status a few years ago, contrary to today's popular opinion.

if you look at those plays sameuls wasnt assigned to block brown. the ball was going to the opposite direction and the runningback should have been gone by the time brown got to the backfield. no one was covering brown. samuels should have had a linebacker on those plays.

[QUOTE=Mattyk72]Samuels has been fine this year and has definitely stepped up his play from last year.[/QUOTE]

I think that says it all. He can't be just fine, he's got to dominate. He's the 3rd overall pick, you expect to get a top notch guy in that spot, I'd be hard pressed to put Samuels up with the top guys. The line play has been spotty so far all around, but Samuels has disappointed so far because he can play better. He's not close to a Pro Bowler this season, he must be hurt because you don't go from dominant to also ran in your 5th season.

[QUOTE=cpayne5]Most of the time when Brown was getting free was when he was against a TE or when the TE would pull and Samuels would either pick up a blitzing LB or help on the DT. This is a scheme though. When this is done, 99% of the time it's a running play to the right. Brown was so fast that he could blast into the backfield and get the RB before he hit the hole. I think they just underestimated Brown's ability. The Bears do have an excellent set of Dlinemen, though. We need a guy named Tank, by the way. We should call Ola Kimrin Tank.[/QUOTE]

cpayne5 hit the nail on the head.