ESPN.com · Mar 17, 2016
Draft status doomed Shea McClellin in Chicago
playESPN Bears reporter Jeff Dickerson discusses the importance of the Bears re-signing tight end Zach Miller, and what that could mean for Martellus Bennett moving forward. (1:38)Shea McClellin's biggest crime is the Chicago Bears drafted him 19th overall.
McClellin, who agreed to a three-year contract with the New England Patriots on Monday, is not a terrible player.
He was just a bad choice in the first round.
Had McClellin been a third- or fourth-round pick, Chicago would probably remember his four years differently.
Remember, McClellin’s play drastically improved the past two years when the Bears moved him from defensive end to linebacker.
