[CBFF] Bears' Brown just exploring trade possibilities

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Staying put

Defensive end Alex Brown is unhappy about his loss of playing time to Mark
Anderson, but the two-time Pro Bowl alternate is not agitating to get out of
town. He said Wednesday he and his agent asked the Bears for permission to
look for a trade, though the team is in no hurry to let him leave.

"[The Bears] don't want to get rid of me," Brown, 27, said in a satellite
radio interview. "I just want to see what else is out there."

The Bears have indicated they will listen if another team makes a must-take
offer for Brown, but they believe Brown is a solid player at a key position
in their system. Were it not for the surprise emergence of rookie rush
specialist Anderson in 2006, Brown would not be looking.

"I really, really enjoy where I'm at," Brown said. "I love the city of
Chicago. I love the team. It's just that opportunities come up, and if I'm 
able to
get an opportunity somewhere else, that would be fine. If I'm playing here
next year, I'll give it everything I have, just like I always do."

Coach Lovie Smith is pleased with Brown's work this off-season.

"Alex has been working out very hard with our program," he said. "We'll see
him there this weekend working out with us [at mini-camp]."

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ryan Dietzenbach" <ryandietzenbach at gmail.com>
To: <post at chicagobearsfanforum.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: [CBFF] Bears' Brown just exploring trade possibilities


> Why does he want to leave?  I'm a little miffed.
>
> RD
>
>
> On 5/17/07, Jerry Madsen <jerrywm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Bears' Brown just exploring trade possibilities
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> "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."
>>
>> Brown admitted he's comfortable with the Bears, but is eager to
>> explore other opportunities. Still, he has three years remaining on
>> his contract.
>>
>> "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.
>>
>> "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."
>>
>> Brown had seven sacks last season in a very effective line rotation
>> that helped Chicago reach the Super Bowl, where it lost to
>> Indianapolis.
>>
>> 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."
>>
>> Added Brown: "It took a while to even get them to talk about it."
>>
>> Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press
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