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One thing [Tony Dungy] hasn't fixed puts [Ruben Brown] in our picture. Colts defenders remain undersized by design; the front seven averages only 256 pounds. Their scheme purposely depends more on quickness and anticipation than on raw strength. But faced with relentless power blocking from a Bears line that averages 305 pounds-particularly from someone such as Brown (6-3, 300), a nine-time Pro Bowl selection and one of the league's premier linemen-Indy can get worn out.
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Super-Sized Strides
Before we can explain why guard Ruben Brown could be one of the Bears' most important players in Super Bowl 41, we need to back up almost two months. We need to return to December 10, a sunny day in Jacksonville that brought only darkness to the Colts' hopes of playing for the NFL championship.
That was the afternoon in which the Indy defense made a star of rookie running back Maurice Jones-Drew, who shredded the Colts for 166 rushing yards and two touchdowns. With Fred Taylor adding another 131 yards, the Jaguars compiled 375 yards on the ground, the mighties...See the full content of this document
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