I get all of that. I am just of the opinion that regardless of all the "love" he seems to get from message board fans, the fact still remains, he is an UDFA, who is still learning a position he has never played, is STILL undersized for that position, which requires him to play it differently than someone who has the experience in that position.
Can someone please explain to me, what he has demonstrated AS A LINEBACKER to make so many think he should be starter material? He still has not demonstrated the ability to actually stay in his assigned gap, take on a blocker, and make a play. He wants to run around blocks, which takes him out of position, all under the premise of trying to make a play. It's one thing to freelance on Special Teams to make a play. It's a whole different matter playing in a disciplined scheme on DEFENSE.
He was brought in with that he would be a SPECIAL TEAMS core contributor, and that has proven to be the case. I have never seen such an outcry to make someone with his "credentials" into a folk hero, and projected "superstar".