With the bears releasing Tommie Harris and Ron Rivera having a connection with him from when he was coaching there, what are the chances we sign him? He's a 27 year old, pro bowler with great skill and experience. He would be pricey (probably around 8 to 10 million a year) but hopefully having Rivera and the fact that he has had some character issues (punching faces) could increase our chances of signing him.

    It would fill a huge need we have in the middle of our D and would open up other possibilities with that number 1 pick in the draft. Working him in with Nick Hayden, Derek Landri, Ed Johnson, Corvey Irvin and a later round pick would help our run defense immensely and improve our pass rush without having to gamble on Fairley or Dareus. Although he did have a down year in 2010 I think he would definitely improve our defense immediately.

Height: 6-3 Weight: 295 Born: Apr 29, 1983 - Killeen, TX College: Oklahoma Draft: 2004 - 1st round (14th pick) by the Chicago Bears    Career Stats Tackles Sacks Interceptions Misc  Season Team G   Solo Ast Total   Sack YdsL   Int Yds IntTD   DefTD FFum PD Sfty    2004-05 Chicago 16   29 15 44   3.5 18   0 0 0   0 1 2 0    2005-06 Chicago 16   30 4 34   3.0 16   0 0 0   0 2 0 0    2006-07 Chicago 12   22 6 28   5.0 30   0 0 0   0 0 0 0    2007-08 Chicago 16   31 4 35   8.0 47   0 0 0   0 2 0 0    2008-09 Chicago 14   33 4 37   5.0 31   0 0 0   0 0 0 0    2009-10 Chicago 15   19 5 24   2.5 18   1 6 0   0 0 1 0    2010-11 Chicago 15   9 4 13   2.0 5   0 0 0   0 0 1 0    Career 104   173 42 215   29.0 165   1 6 0   0 5 4 0