Adam Schefter:
Former Chicago LB Shea McClellin is signing a 3-year deal with the Patriots, per source.
Former Chicago LB Shea McClellin is signing a 3-year deal with the Patriots, per source.
Irish Eyes are Smiling: Patriots sign ex-Bear LB Shea McClellin
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Reiss: First-round draft choice of Bears in 2012, No. 19 overall. Was tweener between DE and LB coming out of Boise State.
In 2012, he constantly came up as a possible pick for NE in 2012 mock drafts. Mostly because of his versatility at Boise State.
Florio is pissing on this one as well:
Good take by Howe here tho: http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/patriots/the_blitz/2016/03/report_patriots_sign_shea_mcclellin_to_three_year_contract
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In a year without a first-round pick, the Patriots have added four former first rounders in two days: Cooper, Long, Brown, McClellin.
In a year without a first-round pick, the Patriots have added four former first rounders in two days: Cooper, Long, Brown, McClellin.
Do the Pats still have Jon Bostic? I know he didn't get a ton of playing time last year but he supposedly is another fmr Bear with a ton of talent -- and I wonder whether he was redshirted as he got up to speed w the Pats' defense.
Do you know who it was?
I think most people will agree that as a general rule traditional media members should no longer be considered or regarded as experts when it comes to football. If this guy works at a newspaper or radio station then there is a really good chance that his opinion is meaningless on this subject.
Akeem Ayers, and Akiem Hicks were benched and supposedly couldn't play until they got to NE. BB will do what he always does, find something this guy can do and let him do it, or cut him and replace him with someone cheaper and better.
IIRC ElCap's secret Patriots source said that they loved, loved, loved Shea in 2012. I'm pretty bullish on this move. It'll be interesting to see what weight he plays at --- he's gone up and down a few times in his career.
Sorry for the sidetrack, but I remember being at a Sox game at Fenway back in 2001 or so, and this super obnoxious Yankee fan who was at the game by himself kept yelling "Shea is a girl's name." This guy was a loser and obviously friendless. Just yelling it over and over again. He wasn't funny. He wasn't clever. He was just annoying and loud.
He was sitting in the same row as a family of Yankee fans that included some teenage girls and a mother and father but he wasn't attending the game with them. He just happened to be sitting in the same row as them, but I am pretty sure the father's presence was the only reason things didn't get ugly.
He was sitting in the same row as a family of Yankee fans that included some teenage girls and a mother and father but he wasn't attending the game with them. He just happened to be sitting in the same row as them, but I am pretty sure the father's presence was the only reason things didn't get ugly.
Sounds like a poor man's Bruschi to me. Tweener, former DE, works hard, smart but small and not athletic enough. Here was his draft profile from NFL.com:
They had him as a fifth-rounder.
I'm thinking his versatility between the mike, sam, and DE positions is driving this signing. Utilizing a guy like that gives us tremendous flexibility down to down if the opposing team is trying to get creative with personnel and shifts. Does anyone know if he can run with a tight end, like an average one for instance?
FWIW, he had the 2nd best 40 yard time in the 2012 combine, right between #1 Bruce Irvin and #3 Nick Perry: http://www.nfl.com/combine/top-performers#year=2012&workout=FORTY_YARD_DASH&position=DL
#6 in 3 cone drill: http://www.nfl.com/combine/top-performers#year=2012&workout=THREE_CONE_DRILL&position=DL
#12 in 20 yard shuttle: http://www.nfl.com/combine/top-performers#year=2012&workout=TWENTY_YARD_SHUTTLE&position=DL
Edit: Jake Bequette also had an awesome combine, so there's that.
You can click DL and LB and it ranks them together. When you do that, he's 6th. Behind Kuechly and ahead of Hightower.
http://www.nfl.com/combine/top-performers#year=2012&workout=FORTY_YARD_DASH&position=DL-LB
http://www.nfl.com/combine/top-performers#year=2012&workout=FORTY_YARD_DASH&position=DL-LB
Reiss looks at how McClellin's production might have been affected by changing duties
http://espn.go.com/blog/new-england-patriots/post/_/id/4791308/could-shea-mcclellins-fit-with-patriots-have-an-akeem-ayers-feel-to-it
http://espn.go.com/blog/new-england-patriots/post/_/id/4791308/could-shea-mcclellins-fit-with-patriots-have-an-akeem-ayers-feel-to-it
http://musketfire.com/2016/03/19/patriots-news-details-of-lb-shea-mcclellins-contract-released/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook
BB obviously feels Shea can contribute right away as a Mayo replacement. That is more than I thought the guarantee would be but he has a higher ceiling than Freeny. Let's see how this plays out.
I'm a big an of McClellin so I think this is great signing. I know he hasn't lived up to the hype he had coming out of college but I can see him becoming a Nink/Vrabel type of player in this system. BB and Patricia should be able to utilize his versatility with him being able to play inside and outside. Psyched to see what he can do here.
I hope that is the case---however, he's giving up a bunch of size to both those guys. Perhaps Pats think he should bulk back up---will be interesting to see, this is a larger bet than I expected on him so they must have a theory here.
I thought I saw something about him being 6'3" 260 which would have put him around the same size as the two (Nink - 6'2" 260/Vrabel 6'3" 261... ) It must have been when he tried to play DE. Looks like he played around 245 last year. My bad. I actually think he plays better lighter. I wouldn't want to see him try to bulk up again.
Turns out the deal wasn't 3 years/$12 million. It's 3 years/$8.95 million.
http://www.patspulpit.com/2016/3/22/11282726/2016-nfl-free-agency-patriots-lb-shea-mcclellin-signs-a-cheaper
http://www.patspulpit.com/2016/3/22/11282726/2016-nfl-free-agency-patriots-lb-shea-mcclellin-signs-a-cheaper
1. It really does matter WHO the media guy is. For example, in this case, I'd (personally) be looking through his archive to see other past "calls" like this that either show an actual knowledge or a known level of bullshit.
2. Scheme fit. The NFL is all about scheme fit. I have no idea if McClellin is a good fit in an OLB/ILB role with the Pats in 2016, but I am fucking positive the team knows better than an unnamed dipshit getting paid to opine on the D&C show. Heck, Gerry won't even argue this point and he'll argue the sun rises in the east.