Thread: No Help for Cutler is Just Offensive.......

Another round of "expert" advice from "Who the Fuck" is Dan McNeil. We're one round into this draft after having spent our last two first round picks on LT's (who aren't playing LT) and $25 mil in offseason money to improve the offense and this is what this asshat has to say?

I'm am up to my gonads in daily "whatta we gonna do about pass blocking" whining and the level is rising fast. Why don't we let the draft play itself out and then see where we stand. Last year there were 5 or 6 OT's taken in round one and this year there were two!!!!!

Has it dawned on anyone yet that these guys may not be all that f'n good!!!!!!

I personally would have preferred that the Bears had taken Whitney Mercilus, but I'm also fine with Shea McClellin because unlike Mercilus, he is a three-down five technique DE who also has a mean streak about him. He comes from a better football program at Boise State than Mercilus did at Illinois. I look forward to seeing McClellin thrive in our defense, and I don't think he's undersized to play the position. He's actually a little bigger than Dwight Freeney. If he puts up numbers like Freeney's, I say fuck whoever criticizes him for his size because unlike with a woman when it comes to a man, size doesn't really matter that much if you're a DE.

Dan McNeil gets paid to play Devil's Advocate, soul, and as such, he's going to be against everything the Bears decide to do. The harshest critics of the Chicago Bears are the members of the Chicago media for the Tribune and the Sun-Times (or Trent Dilfer and Sean Salisbury, the latter formerly with ESPN, where Dilfer is currently employed). It makes for good reading and getting fans pumped up about their team. If we didn't have this kind of debating going on in public, life would be boring, and then where would we be?

Originally Posted by Dagan81

I personally would have preferred that the Bears had taken Whitney Mercilus, but I'm also fine with Shea McClellin because unlike Mercilus, he is a three-down five technique DE who also has a mean streak about him. He comes from a better football program at Boise State than Mercilus did at Illinois. I look forward to seeing McClellin thrive in our defense, and I don't think he's undersized to play the position. He's actually a little bigger than Dwight Freeney. If he puts up numbers like Freeney's, I say fuck whoever criticizes him for his size because unlike with a woman when it comes to a man, size doesn't really matter that much if you're a DE.

Dan McNeil gets paid to play Devil's Advocate, soul, and as such, he's going to be against everything the Bears decide to do. The harshest critics of the Chicago Bears are the members of the Chicago media for the Tribune and the Sun-Times (or Trent Dilfer and Sean Salisbury, the latter formerly with ESPN, where Dilfer is currently employed). It makes for good reading and getting fans pumped up about their team. If we didn't have this kind of debating going on in public, life would be boring, and then where would we be?

Well tell him to go back to hosting "The Breakfast Club", oh wait, that was his Dad Don McNeil....or was it his GrandDad. Ah well no matter. He doesn't know anymore about Bears football than Don did.

Well he can just STFU because James Brown just bugalooed in the Bears door.


JAMES BROWN OT, Troy

• 2011 GRADE: 5.8 D HT: 6-4 WT: 312
  

Possesses a longer, leaner frame with a little bubble to his lower half and good length. Has the ability to continue to fill out and get bigger. Needs some time as a prospect. Is really raw with his footwork, stands a bit upright into his stance, -plays only from a two point stance- and doesn't showcases any resemblance of a kick slide toward the edge. Looks content to simply slide shuffle to the corner and get narrow with his footwork, almost banging his feet together into the process. However, is a natural athlete with good range off the edge and can bend at the knees and keep his base down when trying to slide but lacks ideal anchor strength on contact because he will get upright on his punch. However, he can sink his hips and when he does stay low he extends his arms well demonstrating the ability to be a solid anchor player. Will also get stronger with time and play with better leverage as he learns the position. Is a long armed kid who can gain leverage as well. Nevertheless, too often keeps his hands down by his waist in pass protection and isn't real compact into contact. Generates some pop at the point, but this is an area he will improve with further development. Takes good angles into contact, is a patient kid who doesn't get caught lunging into contact much and showcase natural change of direction skill/fluidity when trying to re-direct off a counter and mirror laterally.

Possesses "plus" short area quickness off the snap in the run game, but again struggles with pad level into contact. Too often fails to generate any kind of leverage when trying to create a push and will fall off blocks quickly. Is at his best as a move guy when asked to get into blocks quickly, extend and seal on contact. Looks quick/coordinated on reach and slid down blocks as well. Routinely is able to stay engaged through contact on the move and get his feet around defenders in order to seal. Isn't overly heavy handed however, but that should improve as well, as he becomes more offensive tackle than athlete.

Impression: Has an intriguing skill set and the frame to get bigger. His body type says offensive tackle in the NFL to me and not guard. But he needs to physically get a bit bigger to play either spot. Looks like a higher upside/developmental guy who could be worth a mid round pick and if he's willing to put in the time could mature into a possible starter.

Originally Posted by soulman

Well tell him to go back to hosting "The Breakfast Club", oh wait, that was his Dad Don McNeil....or was it his GrandDad. Ah well no matter. He doesn't know anymore about Bears football than Don did.

He could have sang, "Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie."

Oh wait. That's Don McLean. lol. My bad!

I've been a bit dizzied by all the crap slung McClellins way as well. However, I will say this, David DeCastro has been "my guy" for months and I STILL think he would have gone a long way toward making this team (offense) much better. Sometimes it only takes one or two new pieces to allow you to shift other pieces and make the whole unit better. Therefore, I would have likely picked DeCastro without another thought if I had been making the decisions, but I wasn't, and as much as I think I know, I'm confident that it would not fill a thimble compared to what Emery knows.

HOWEVER, (note the all caps for the however) I do NOT DISLIKE the selection of McClellin. I think of all the DE's, he would have been my pick as well. I'm really getting tired of hearing him called a "tweener". Why is he a tweener? He is the SAME SIZE as Mercilus and Vinny Curry, both were very prominent names that many people on here were promoting for the same position. So why is McClellin a tweener" and they are not? He's actually TALLER than Melvin Ingram and only 4 Lbs lighter...4 FREAKIN POUNDS! Is Ingram a "tweener"? Where is this shit coming from? He's also FASTER than all of these guys!

This kid is a freakin football player that has the flexibility and talent to play from a variety locations. Flexibility that some of these other guys don't have. Do you realize the benefit that gives Marinelli in terms of screwing with opposing offenses? I've also heard this rumor that perhaps Emery actually has some sinister plan to jetison Lovie when he gets the opportunity and this kid was selected to begin the transition to a 3-4. While anything is possible, I think these folks should consider the reality that this kid is every bit as good with better physical attributes than some of the other DE's that were being projected and that those same physical attributes could very easily make him an outstanding DE in a 4-3.

I posted a couple of times in the last few weeks how crazy the mocks seemed to be this year with the rising and falling of players far more frequent than past years. I'm begining to think that the rational for this is that the media are so rushed to beat all the various competitors that no one is really taking the time to research their subject matter anymore. If they did, McClellin would have been there the whole time.