[CBFF] Chicago Bears see upside in Gaines Adams --chicagotribune.com

[Phil DeNomme]

Sign a guy like Casey Hampton to anchor the NT and put Gilber and Tommie at
DE.  Gaines and Brown at OLB with Url and Briggs at MLB.

lol.  not sure on the Brown at OLB but whatever.  Anderson might be decent
there too.  maybe Roach?

how I would love to see the Cowher 3-4 here....

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Dwayne <dwayne at wctc.net> wrote:

>  He would rock in that system, good call.
> D
>
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> *From:* Phil DeNomme <pdenomme at gmail.com>
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> *Sent:* Friday, December 18, 2009 8:11 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [CBFF] Chicago Bears see upside in Gaines Adams --
> chicagotribune.com
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> I would damn well hope they see upside otherwise they blew another draft
> pick.  I have seen jack shit from him so far.
>
> Though, I think he might do damn good as an OLB in a 3-4 system if Cowher
> is brought in by some miracle.
>
> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 8:10 AM, Tom Shannon <tshanno at gmail.com> wrote:
>
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>> BEARS AT RAVENS NOON SUNDAY, WFLD-CH. 32
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>> Chicago Bears see upside in Gaines Adams
>>
>> They still expect defensive end to be factor in 2010
>>
>> Dan Pompei
>>
>> On the NFL
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>> December 18, 2009
>>
>>
>> So far, Gaines Adams has been inactive in one game, and not much more
>> active in the seven he has played for the Bears.
>>
>> He played 33 snaps against the Bengals in his first game but hasn't
>> played more than 10 in a game since.
>>
>> The defensive end has no sacks and two tackles.
>>
>> That isn't much of a return on the investment of a 2010 second-round
>> draft pick the Bears gave the Bucs to acquire Adams earlier this fall.
>>
>> But the Bears did not expect much this year. His lack of production
>> hasn't discouraged them and they believe he still could be a starter
>> or third end next season.
>>
>> No one will know until then whether Adams is a player who reached his
>> plateau after two seasons with the Bucs, as some suspect, or whether
>> he will fulfill his enormous potential.
>>
>> "It's a learning process when you come in during the middle of the
>> season," Bears defensive line coach Rod Marinelli said. "You have to
>> take him for everything he is right now. But in the offseason, you
>> strip the chrome off him ... and then work on everything."
>>
>> What the Bears have seen in the fourth overall pick of the 2007 draft
>> is raw ability and effort.
>>
>> "This guy has the stuff," Marinelli said. "He has all the stuff. ... I
>> couldn't be more excited about him."
>>
>> If the Bears had not hired Marinelli in the offseason, they would not
>> have traded for Adams.
>>
>> When Marinelli was with the Lions in 2007, the team was considering a
>> trade down in the draft for Adams, and Marinelli researched him
>> extensively. The Lions had the second pick, and instead chose to take
>> wide receiver Calvin Johnson. But it wasn't because Marinelli didn't
>> like Adams.
>>
>> Know this about Adams. The Bucs may have been disappointed in where he
>> was in his third season, but they were not trying to dump him just to
>> be rid of him. They would not have traded him for anything less than a
>> second-round pick. They still saw some of the things the Bears saw
>> when they shook hands on the deal.
>>
>> There are two things that stand out about Adams. The first is his
>> speed off the edge, which was verified when he ran a 4.64 40-yard dash
>> at his pro day. The second is his ability to bend like a pipe cleaner,
>> which is rare for someone 6 feet 5 inches.
>>
>> Until this point, Adams has needed only that speed and flexibility to
>> get what he wanted -- namely, the quarterback. He had 28 sacks in his
>> career at Clemson by doing virtually nothing but beating blockers off
>> the edge.
>>
>> But he is learning he has to do more to get sacks in the NFL. If all a
>> pass rusher has is one trick at this level, he might as well have
>> none.
>>
>> There are three areas Adams needs to improve to be an impact player next
>> season:
>>
>> --He needs to get stronger. The word out of Tampa Bay is Adams was not
>> a great worker in the weight room. He also had difficulty keeping his
>> weight up.
>>
>> Bears physical development director Rusty Jones has been making Adams
>> a special project.
>>
>> "It's about strength and development with him," Marinelli said. "It's
>> not so much weight. The weight will come if it's man strength."
>>
>> --He needs to develop pass-rush moves. Marinelli talks about Adams
>> developing a "signature" move. Once he has one, he needs to develop
>> counters off it. Adams needs to understand pass-rush concepts.
>>
>> --He needs to work the Marinelli way. That means keeping a certain
>> pace in practice. It means paying attention to details such as where
>> your eyes go in a given situation. It means not forgetting how to use
>> leverage against an opponent in various body positions.
>>
>> "It's about the day-to-day grind," Marinelli said. "It takes mental
>> toughness to play the position."
>>
>> Marinelli is Adams' fourth line coach in three seasons. So his
>> acclimation to the NFL has been a series of stops and starts.
>>
>> The point is, it's all in front of Adams.
>>
>> "I'm watching him now, seeing what he's comfortable with, and then you
>> start playing with it," Marinelli said. "It's like trying on a new
>> pair of shoes. You have to get a feel for it."
>>
>> dpompei at tribune.com
>>
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