[CBFF] Bears' Brown just exploring trade possibilities

[Ryan Dietzenbach]

Why does he want to leave?  I'm a little miffed.

RD


On 5/17/07, Jerry Madsen <jerrywm at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Bears' Brown just exploring trade possibilities
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> Associated Press
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> Updated: May 16, 2007, 9:49 PM ET
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> CHICAGO -- The Chicago Bears expect to see starting defensive end Alex
> Brown at their minicamp this weekend even though Brown says he's
> seeking a trade.
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> Brown told Sirius NFL Radio on Wednesday that he asked the Bears for
> permission to work out a trade. But coach Lovie Smith plans to have
> Brown at the three-day minicamp beginning Friday.
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> "I just know we have a minicamp coming up this weekend and Alex has
> been working awful hard with our program," Smith said. "We'll see him
> there this weekend working out with us. So that's about all I can tell
> you right now."
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> Brown admitted he's comfortable with the Bears, but is eager to
> explore other opportunities. Still, he has three years remaining on
> his contract.
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> "We're just trying to see what's out there," Brown said. "That's what
> we're trying to do. It's not the Bears. They don't want to get rid of
> me. It's just that I want to see what else is out there.
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> "If it was up to me I'd get a new contract here and play the rest of
> my career here. I totally understand some of the things the Bears are
> saying. We're handling this in a real low-key fashion and that's the
> way we want to keep it."
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> Brown had seven sacks last season in a very effective line rotation
> that helped Chicago reach the Super Bowl, where it lost to
> Indianapolis.
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> A fourth-round pick out of Florida in 2002, Brown signed a contract
> extension in 2004. He said when he broached the subject of a trade,
> the Bears told him, "No way. We love you. We don't want to get rid of
> you."
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> Added Brown: "It took a while to even get them to talk about it."
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> Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press
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