3. Leonard Floyd, OLB, 43.6
See Jonathan Bullard. I know most NFL analysts didn’t expect Floyd to play as much as he has so far this season. But unfortunately for Floyd, he’s been thrust into action thanks to the injury to Pernell McPhee and now Lamarr Houston.
Floyd is raw and underweight, but he has shown his athletic side and gotten to the quarterback on a couple of occasions. Unfortunately, he has trouble separating from blockers on the run and if he can’t beat his blocker on straight speed, he can’t get a push into the backfield on pass rushes.
Floyd still gets a pass because of his rookie status and will continue to improve throughout this season. Floyd will see plenty of action over the next few weeks as the Bears are rather thin at outside linebacker until McPhee returns.