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Okay, but what is his natural position? To me it's either a situational pass rusher or a 3-4 OLB. Making him a 4-3 MLB/OLB is just moving him from one un-natural position to another.
There's also something to be said for him being a football player. Take Urlacher. He played safety in college, could play any LB spot in any scheme and overall just was an asset on the field. How is Shea going to be any better against the run when he's being asked to take on a pulling guard? LBs have to shed blockers, which he's shown is a problem and cover, which is an unknown at the NFL level.
I like people having hope, but I sit back and think it's actally sad and avoidable. Pump the breaks and lower the expectations. He'll make the As it stand assume he's a situational guy. If he wins reps and ends up being a starter than that's great. If he doesn't than it's not much of a loss and you can move on to cheering for the guys actually good enough to stay on the field.
Why act as if Urlacher was any better at shedding blocks? He sucked at it. He also didn't play well at OLB before being moved inside due to injury. He also wasn't exactly a lock down middle linebacker in his first year at inside linebacker either. People really have foggy memories. Shit on Shea to linebacker if you please but you're not eliminating my last shred of hope he can pan out to being a useful player. I don't care in what capacity it may be as long as he produces.