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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.
Gotta agree. Shea is a situational pass rusher only. Considering it's been said by management that they are going to use a lot of nickel packages - hence they drafted Kyle Fuller - it doesn't appear they have a lot of confidence in Shea making the transition. He's really only useful as a pass rushing OLB in a 3-4. But again, the Bears have signaled that they're looking to use nickel more on passing downs, so I don't know where people are getting that Shea will make an impact, let alone be a STARTER.
And for the folks that think he'll be a MLB. Name ONE defensive end who successfully moved to MLB in the history of the NFL. How common is that move? Especially in your third year in the NFL.