Steve McClendon kind of reminds me of how boxing analysts used to describe Evander Holyfield as a "pumped up heavyweight," which is basically saying that Holyfield was a natural light heavyweight trying to be an unnatural heavyweight. In McClendon's case he just keeps getting bigger and bigger to play the NT position but IMHO McClendon is a natural 4-3 defensive end posing unsuccessfully as a 3-4 NT.
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