Re: Bears sign Brian De La Puente
 

The team needed somebody who could run block up the middle. How many ssuccessful runs up the middle did you see last year? Guarantee you will see a lot more with DP out. He was decent on the drop back coverage, but when the team needed yards up the middle he was next to non existent.

Re: Bears sign Brian De La Puente
 

And conversely if they see a player get burned 2 or 3 times a year in coverage, he must be a total liability and will be exposed all game every game.;)

Re: Bears sign Brian De La Puente
 

Re: Bears sign Brian De La Puente
 

To be fair, Collins blew quite a few blocks in those "up-the-gut" situations, which I guess is why he's also no longer with the team.

Re: Bears sign Brian De La Puente
 

I'm amazed at how popular players get a pass for bad play, yet unpopular players get hammered for ones they had nothing to do with.

I was never a big Jed Collins fan but a lot of people kept saying how awesome he was. He was no Heath Evans.

When your RB is surrounded by 3 defenders two yards behind the LOS on 3rd and 1, someone ain't doing their damn job.

Re: Bears sign Brian De La Puente
 

And scary to think, but he wasn't the receiving threat that Mike Karney was :shock:

Erik Lorig seems to be pretty balanced

Re: Bears sign Brian De La Puente
 

DLP is solid. Durable. Wish him the best of luck. The Saints can't pay everybody. I would have spent the money on him instead of Bush though. Starter vs. backup. Now center is a hole they have to fill along with depth across the whole OLine.

Re: Bears sign Brian De La Puente
 

Thanks Brian, good luck with your new team.