woodbuck27
04-27-2012, 06:52 PM
http://espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/story/_/id/7861062/chicago-bears-gm-phil-emery-makes-bold-first-draft-pick-shea-mcclellin
Surprise just way Emery liked it
GM bypassed bigger names at DE for McClellin, a bold move in first Chicago draft.
By Melissa Isaacson (http://espn.go.com/chicago/columns/archive?name=melissa-isaacson) | ESPNChicago.com
Updated: April 27, 2012, 1:31 AM ET
"LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Considering the unknowns involved in evaluating any NFL draft pick too soon, it makes more sense to be excited about Chicago Bears' first-round choice Shea McClellin (http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/draft/player/_/id/29060/shea-mcclellin) than it does to start comparing him to Dan Bazuin.
But sure enough, that name popped up Thursday night, a nervous and knee-jerk reaction by those who remembered Bazuin, a second-round Bears pick five years ago out of Central Michigan who, like McClellin, was projected as a defensive end, then waived after one year and his second knee surgery." Story Cont'd....
Surprise just way Emery liked it
GM bypassed bigger names at DE for McClellin, a bold move in first Chicago draft.
By Melissa Isaacson (http://espn.go.com/chicago/columns/archive?name=melissa-isaacson) | ESPNChicago.com
Updated: April 27, 2012, 1:31 AM ET
"LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Considering the unknowns involved in evaluating any NFL draft pick too soon, it makes more sense to be excited about Chicago Bears' first-round choice Shea McClellin (http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/draft/player/_/id/29060/shea-mcclellin) than it does to start comparing him to Dan Bazuin.
But sure enough, that name popped up Thursday night, a nervous and knee-jerk reaction by those who remembered Bazuin, a second-round Bears pick five years ago out of Central Michigan who, like McClellin, was projected as a defensive end, then waived after one year and his second knee surgery." Story Cont'd....