No. 2 – Shane Ray
Talk about a way to start your career as a pass rusher, learning from guys like DeMarcus Ware and Von Miller. It should be every rookie outside linebacker’s dream. And it is, in many ways for Shane Ray; but it also means less time on the field for the 23rd pick in the 2015 draft.
Ray knows he’s biding his time and needs to learn his craft from the two sack masters ahead of him on the depth chart, but he can’t become complicit in his role as a backup. He has too much physical talent, so he must put the off-field issues that caused him to drop out of the top-10 in the draft in the rear-view mirror.
Miller, his mentor, knows that all too well. Those two can be a pass rushing force for years to come, but it’s going to require serious focus by Ray and some additional maturation on both their parts.
