[CBFF] Football Outsiders: Ranking the DLs

[Steve Behrens]

Breaking it down from my pespective;  Only 2 wild cards here:  Tank's
replacement and depth.  I keep hearing good things about Adems and expect
him to take the starting spot.  I think he'll be just a small step back from
Tank.  But Harris has got to rank right at the top of all D linemen, and our
DE rotation, IMHO, is top 3 in the league.  Hopefully, we won't have to
worry too much about depth.

With a healthy Harris, I'd put our DL top 5 minimum, I guess is what I'm
getting at.

-Behr


On 7/25/07, Victor Waldron <victor19 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Among the major components of the D (DL, LBs, DBs) the DL has to be
> ranked the lowest. Considering they're at 9 that's pretty impressive.
>
> V
>
> On 7/25/07, mactbone <mactbone0 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7050132
> > 9. Chicago (1)
> > A year ago, the Bears appeared to have a deep and talented defensive
> line. Then Tommie Harris got injured, and it became obvious that the Bears
> had a bunch of solid but unspectacular linemen. The only difference-maker
> besides the outstanding Harris was rookie Mark Anderson. Anderson should
> start this season at defensive end, and it will be interesting to see if he
> can hold up against the run. The Bears have completely reworked their
> defensive tackle rotation. They elected to let Ian Scott or Alfonso Boone
> leave in free agency. After another run-in with the law, they said No tanks
> to Tank Johnson. To fill the hole, they acquired Anthony Adams from San
> Francisco, and he should be a good fit for the Bears' Tampa-2 system. He
> will be joined by Dusty Dvoracek, a third-round pick in 2006 who missed last
> season with a foot injury. If Harris is 100 percent, look for glowing
> stories about Dvoracek and the rest of the revamped D-line. If Harris
> struggles with his
> >  health, the Bears defense will look very mediocre overall.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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