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Hold 'em or Fold 'em: LB Shea McClellin

The Bears coaching staff was happy with Shea McClellin progress last year but will that be enough for the team to re-sign him this off-season?

Former Chicago Bears GM Phil Emery had one major flaw: he always thought he was the smartest guy in the room.

Sometimes he was, like when he drafted three-time Pro Bowl offensive lineman Kyle Long in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft, a player most projected as a second- or third-round pick.

Yet other times, Emery's ego got in the way in of the team's collective decision making.

Such was the case in Emery's first draft in 2011, when he passed over DE Chandler Jones - who is coming off a 12.