[CBFF] Dr. Z's analysis of the Bear's defensive woes

Jason Cetina jason at cetinas.org
Thu Oct 18 23:10:38 MDT 2007


From
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/dr_z/10/17/running.backs/1.html

Bear cupboard on D

Random thoughts: How could the Vikings run for all those yards on the Bears?
Only yesterday I heard myself asking that. Comes the dawning of a new day
and an answer arrives. Look at their front four that started the Super Bowl.
>From left to right, *Wale Ogunleye*, a pass rusher, *Tank Johnson*, who
could do everything, *Ian Scott*, a two-gapper and a classic run-stopper, *Alex
Brown*, a hustler, active in the pass rush and in run pursuit. Backing them
up was 305-pound *Alfonso Boone*, a disrupter inside, and wingman *Mark
Anderson*, a pass-rush specialist.

Lining up against the Vikings last Sunday were Ogunleye, *Tommie Harris*, a
penetrator who came back from a knee injury this season, journeyman *Anthony
* *Adams*, a San Francisco import, and Anderson, who weighs 255. Scott went
to Philadelphia, Johnson is suspended and Boone is in K.C., where he's
raising hell on the defensive line. Not a stellar group for the Bears, and
backing them is MLB *Brian Urlacher*, a space player, not a plugger. That's
why the Vikings ran for all those yards.


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