Chicago Bears fans are starting to catching on that rookie defensive end Shea McClellin is not an every down base DE. So now Bears fans have it in mind that McClellin could be the eventual replacement for Brian Urlacher. That talk was a part of the discussion prior to Urlacher's injury and has exploded into the pantheon of discussion with Urlacher's possible season-ending hamstring injury.
The problem is Shea McClellin is no more a middle linebacker than he is defensive end in a 4-3 defense. McClellin is capable of decent zone drops, but he's not going to cover the deep middle in the Bears Cover-2 scheme.
What evidence do we have to support McClellin's inability to play the MIKE spot? McClellin lacks the sideline to sideline range that a good middle linebacker should have. McClellin is fast, but he does not move well laterally and it showed up when he tried to shadow Russell Wilson in the game against the Seattle Sehawks.
The Bears wer...
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PLAYERS:
Shea McClellin,
Russell Wilson,
Brian Urlacher,
Golden Tate,
Julius Peppers,
Israel Idonije
TEAMS: Chicago Bears, Seattle Seahawks
TEAMS: Chicago Bears, Seattle Seahawks
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