Nealis needs a lot of work on his passing game, but he's elite in the air and clearing the ball, and at 24 he's young for a CB.
This was the most interesting part of his development this year for me. At the start of the season Nealis was playing super confident on the ball, carrying it forward and attempting line splitting passes. Granted he wasn't all that good at it and gave the ball away a whole lot, but he was clearly being encouraged to try. When we lost points one game because Nealis coughed up a turnover outside our box, Struber even said after the game he wanted Sean to be brave with the ball.
Lately though? Nealis has been way, way quicker to just boot the ball out of bounds without even picking his head up, especially if he's facing our goal. Compare that to Reyes who can turn with the ball and maintain possession in the same situation. I think Struber may have told Nealis at some point they've gotta take that part of his development slower, cause he's got a long way to go with it.