Waiver Wire/PS Fits?...

[NJ-STEELER]

Jay Alford - a former Nittany Lion.

wow, thats a suprise

wonder if he can play 3-4 end

edit...didn't realize he was coming off a knee injury

[Djfan]

Add...
Jeff Owens (DT, UGA 6'3" 305) - Run Stopper with great motor.

He was getting a lot of attention on this board IIRC.

[jj28west]

What about this guy?

http://www.catscratchreader.com/2009/4/ ... on-gilbert

If you google him he looked really good coming out of college. Maybe it was a numbers game but he is the same size as Brett with the Diesel' speed. Seems like a natural raw fit for a 3-4 DE.

[RuthlessBurgher]

What about this guy?

http://www.catscratchreader.com/2009/4/ ... on-gilbert

If you google him he looked really good coming out of college. Maybe it was a numbers game but he is the same size as Brett with the Diesel' speed. Seems like a natural raw fit for a 3-4 DE.

I was a huge Jarron Gilbert guy prior that draft. I thought he could be the prototypical 3-4 DE for us. I was really hoping that he would fall to us with the 64th pick in the 2nd round in all of my mocks that year. Well, he did, but we did not take him because we had already taken DE Ziggy Hood at #32. Instead, we traded our 2nd and 4th rounders to Denver for their 3 third rounders, and Jarron Gilbert went to the Bears shortly thereafter with the 4th pick in the 3rd round (didn't understand why they took him, since I did not see where he would fit in their 4-3...and it turns out he did not fit there). Instead, we took Kraig Urbik with the first of two Denver 3rd round picks ( ) but I can't argue about the trade too much because we got Mike Wallace with their others pick ( ).

In related Bears cut news, they also released former Penn State LB Tim Shaw, who was a board favorite once upon a time. He hasn't shown much as a LB so far in his NFL career, but he has been a special teams standout (30 ST tackles last year in Chicago). We can always use special teams demons considering our special teams woes, but I don't see a spot for him considering our decision to keep 9 LB's already (and I wouldn't be willing to give up on the promise of Stevenson Sylvester to get a special teamer like Shaw).

[JUST-PLAIN-NASTY]

As I said in another post, the Steelers scouted every Bears preseason game. Gilbert is a possibility. Maybe Afalava in place of Mundy. It will be interesting to see who the steelers had their eye on.

[RuthlessBurgher]

As I said in another post, the Steelers scouted every Bears preseason game. Gilbert is a possibility. Maybe Afalava in place of Mundy. It will be interesting to see who the steelers had their eye on.

Gilbert did record 2 sacks in the preseason...Hmmm....

[Steel Life]

Blair White - WR, Mich. St. - Hines tough, good hands, good speed.

Dre Moore - DT, UM - I think everybody had him on our roster coming out...not really cut out for Tampa defense.

[RuthlessBurgher]

Blair White - WR, Mich. St. - Hines tough, good hands, good speed.

I like White, but we would not add him to our 53 man roster...and if he was going to go onto a practice squad, he'd likely prefer to stay in Indy, which seems like a really good situation for him (just got caught in a numbers game there, since they seem to be stacked with WR's right now).

[Stewie]

Add T.J. Houshmanzadeh to the list -

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5531522

My guess is that Pete Carroll is giving the young guys a chance to learn as he rebuilds the Seahawks - however T.J. was the surest thing he had at WR -

My guess is Leinart is on his way to Seattle as soon as the Cardinals drop him.

L.B.

Good guess, but Seattle has no interest in Leinart.

[steelblood]

You'd have to consider trying to find a place on the 53 man for Gilbert. At least give a hard push for a PS spot.