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Everything is open for scrutiny during the bye week, even starting jobs, Lovie Smith said.
While he didn't hint any moves were coming, the evaluation process of everything from schemes to personnel is ongoing, and one player who ought to come out of the loss to the Detroit Lions in decent shape is backup defensive end Alex Brown.

The veteran turned in one of his better games of the season in recording a season-high eight tackles to go with his second sack in the last three games. Opponents had been running roughshod over Mark Anderson, who essentially was given the job in the spring over Brown, who had started for four straight seasons. It appeared that Brown's playing time was up slightly, and that could be a sign of things to come

Brown making up ground on Anderson