We don't see what Claridge did while injured, rehabbing, what training program is he on, how much film has he watched, how was he picking up the D. Claridge emerging as a starter with Beisel being a good backup would be the ideal situation freeing up Vrabel to go back outside.
The coaches see all this stuff. I like the comment Rodney made about Claridge being a contributor this year. If we added 1 of: Lawson, Kiwi, Hali, Carpenter at OLB and 1 of Hoyne, Schlagel at ILB we will be set with a good LB corp this year and in the future.