Any time Bill Belichick has an interest in one of your team’s cast-off, it always makes you nervous that perhaps your franchise gave up on that player too quickly.
Everyone saw the potential that Shea McClellin once had with the Chicago Bears, but after years of failed positions, Ryan Pace rightly moved on. But suddenly Belichick and the Patriots swoop in and sign McClellin to a three year contract. The collective jaws of every Bears fans dropped open. Were we all wrong? Will Shea eventually fill his potential? What does Belichick know that we don’t? Those questions have to be asked because Belichick has such a tremendous track record of finding hidden gems or resurrecting careers.