Thread: Gotta ask again:

Shea McClellin is a DE/rush LB, he is not a 4-3 LB. His best value to this team is as a pass rusher, end discussion.

I see no reason why he couldn't play OLB. He's not ILB, but he's barely a quality DE, so why not let him play SAM and rotate DE? Like Jimmors pointed out, this team could well transition into a 3-4, or hybrid 4-3/3-4 like NE.

It's not end of discussion no matter how much some might want it to be. You saw Shea dropping into coverage last year from the DE position, but he couldn't do that from SAM?

Originally Posted by Jimmors

Thats kind of the point though...the Bears can be in the process of switching more towards a 3-4 scheme, so he could still be a Pass-rusher but as LB, not DE. Discussion back open.

Yeah, get back to me when we have anything resembling the front 7 personnel to run the 3-4. We're NOT a 3-4 team this year, we are a 4-3 team who may run some hybrid scenarios like every other team in the league. Make no mistake, though, Shea McClellin is not a 4-3 LB and the closest he will come to playing that role is standing up and dropping into coverage on occasion in between the other 90% of the time where he is rushing the QB. Discussion closed, again.

Originally Posted by Riczaj01

I see no reason why he couldn't play OLB. He's not ILB, but he's barely a quality DE, so why not let him play SAM and rotate DE? Like Jimmors pointed out, this team could well transition into a 3-4, or hybrid 4-3/3-4 like NE.

It's not end of discussion no matter how much some might want it to be. You saw Shea dropping into coverage last year from the DE position, but he couldn't do that from SAM?

If he was barely a quality DE, then all of the other DEs drafted last year should be out of the league or changing positions. He was a fucking rookie who only played 30% of the snaps last year and put up a QB disruption rate that puts him in the neighborhood of 80 given the same snaps as Izzy and Pep on the outside. Do some homework on that number and tell me how many "barely quality DEs" walk away with anything like that for a season.

Originally Posted by Jimmors

Well, seeing as how we are missing two starting LBs, then that means we obviously must address that issue via draft and/or FA, so for all we know, they may very well be shifting to a 3-4/4-3 hybrid this year, and Shea could very well find himself in the LB spot.

We won't and he won't. I'd love to see the Zimmer hybrid run, but our front 7 personnel is INFINITELY better equipped to run the 4-3. We finished in the top 3 for team D by all advanced metrics and simple stats, you don't mess too much with that kind of success.