Chicago Bears: Ranking 4 LB prospects based on fan votes

Harold Landry, Boston College (19% of votes)

If you are looking for some of those names that continues to rise and rise, the closer we get to the draft, Harold Landry is absolutely at the top of the list. Just one month ago, the debate seemed to be settled here and Edmunds was the clear-cut fan choice among the majority of fans.

Now, in the post-combine process filled with pro days and interviews, Landry has skyrocketed in terms of his draft stock — and for good reason. I’m not sure what took so long for people to realize just how good he is.

He might be viewed only as a defensive end in a 4-3 scheme, but his ability to get around offensive tackles and other opposing blockers in a hurry makes him a fit in the Bears’ 3-4 scheme. He isn’t as big as you’d like to see, at just 6-foot-3, but again, his knack for working his way around blockers is up there with the best in his class.

I have said this before, and I’ll say it again: The lowest man wins. It’s something I was told all of my high school football career and something that linemen are continuously told throughout their college and professional careers. Landry plays with this mindset on every single down.

Like many positions in football, your lower body strength and the ability to get leverage on an opposing player is absolutely everything. Landry, once again, understands this and has it down to a science. For those players who aren’t exactly the ideal size, this technique is rule number one. Landry gets it.

To have someone off the edge like Landry would give the Bears a relentless pass rusher. Again, he gets knocked for his size, but the man is a natural-born pass rusher who I would not be disappointed in seeing at Soldier Field on Sundays.