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imported_Slammed · 08-23-2006, 10:22 PM

I read a 7th on Dallas Cowboys Official Page

THRILLHO · 08-23-2006, 10:24 PM

Yeah, several other sites are reporting a 7th as well. I wish I would have read that before the whole puking thing. Basically, the Saints are aquiring as many LB's as possible and hoping that the three turds that float won't smell too bad. They need to step up and offer the 4th and a backup for Edwards.

imported_The Bitter Truth · 08-23-2006, 10:34 PM

Who are the Saints starters right now?

SDOGO · 08-24-2006, 12:58 AM

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Yeah, several other sites are reporting a 7th as well. I wish I would have read that before the whole puking thing. Basically, the Saints are aquiring as many LB's as possible and hoping that the three turds that float won't smell too bad. They need to step up and offer the 4th and a backup for Edwards. [/b]

yeah, ESPN is way off. It's a 7th

Hordak · 08-24-2006, 11:16 PM

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SDOGO · 08-25-2006, 09:40 AM

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Yeah, several other sites are reporting a 7th as well. I wish I would have read that before the whole puking thing. Basically, the Saints are aquiring as many LB's as possible and hoping that the three turds that float won't smell too bad. They need to step up and offer the 4th and a backup for Edwards. [/b]

Maybe for once ESPN was right!

Saints grab Cowboys linebacker
Price for Scott Shanle is fourth-round draft pick
By LARRY HOLDER
Lholder@sunherald.com

Two days after making a tackle on New Orleans Saints wide receiver Devery Henderson, middle linebacker Scott Shanle will be tackling ball carriers for the Saints.

Desperate for help at linebacker, the Saints acquired Shanle from the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for a 2007 fourth-round draft pick. The trade is pending Shanle's physical.

Linebacker has been a position in flux since the beginning of Saints training camp.

Scott Fujita, a former Cowboys teammate of Shanle, has been the only permanent fixture on the first team since the start of camp. Jay Foreman started against the Cowboys at middle linebacker.

Shanle will come in right away and compete for the starting job at middle linebacker.

Saints coach Sean Payton and defensive coordinator Gary Gibbs also know what Shanle brings to the field. Both coaches were assistants under Bill Parcells in Dallas for Shanle's first three years in the league.

"Scott is happy to be with the Saints," his agent Jordan Woy said via e-mail. "He has played for coach Payton and coach Gibbs in the past. He is anxious to learn the team's defense and help anyway he can."

Shanle began last season as the Cowboys' nickel linebacker. But when starter Dat Nguyen retired after suffering numerous injuries, Shanle became the team's weakside starter.

He finished last season with 50 tackles and 1.5 sacks.

Shanle began his career with the St. Louis Rams as a seventh-round pick in 2003. He served a four-game suspension for violating the NFL's policy on anabolic steroids and related substances. The Cowboys picked him up off waivers later that season.

The Saints reportedly had their eyes on San Diego Chargers linebacker Donnie Edwards. The Chargers' leading tackler during the past four seasons confirmed the rumors Monday that the Saints had offered the Chargers a fourth-round draft pick. General manager A.J. Smith apparently turned down the offer. He wanted a second-rounder for Edwards.