I do remember him dropping off the line to cover TE's a fair amount in 2012. I thought that would be his value moving forward, as a guy that you could disguise coverages and confuse blocking assignments. Sort of a hybrid DE/LB, where he would line up as DE and cover with a OLB blitzing. I don't know if that stopped this year as an intended change, or need due to injuries, but I doubt he was ever seen as a 3 down 4-3 DE.It sounded from Emerys comments on the past and now he was always intended to be used as a moving part and situation like rusher like that. They did a lot last year in the mid of the season too. Cowboys game last year did it well a bunch. But injury making Izzy play DT just like injuries this year made that thrown out. I know you need bodies but I think both times it was bad choices.
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he's a 3-4 linebacker or nothing. what's he going to do at SAM? blitz every time? he doesn't have the skill set to cover, or play the run, or do anything else an outside linebacker has to do.
he has no place in a 4-3. they can try him at SLB, but if they stay with a 4-3, he will not be on the opening day roster.
Trolling or serious? Shea does not have the size to be an effective DE but has the strength, speed and brains to succeed at the linebacker position. I rate him above a hunter hillenmeyer, who if you remember only started for the bears for a few years...