Apparently in several different threads strat. ;)

More support here than hate ..He is a Saint...not a Falqueen;)

vilma is a pro bowl linebacker......shanle has outplayed him and the rest of our unit this season

you can criticize him in regards to our entire linebacking corps but if you think shanle is having a bad season then you're clearly in denial

As I said earlier, the best of a bad group of LB's is still bad. If you can't see that maybe you should revert back to your pro Stinchcomb/Kreutz analysis that worked out so horribly for you.

And as I've said before, the sad part is that he's at worst our 3rd best LB.

He's mediocre at his best.

if you wanna bring up stinch and kreutz why not do it in their threads? we saw a dropoff in play with both of them gone so whats your point? that if we lose shanle our linebackers will get worse?

thats about as true a statement as you can make

I'm not surprised the least bit on how he graded out defensively. To have your OLB, and Shanle at that, cover Harry Douglas multiple times with Jenkins in the land of the lost would lead to such a poor rating.

You all with a few exceptions, please quit picking on my boy Scott "Silk Hands" Shanle, that INT. turned the game, without it were 6-4 period. I thank him.

I'd rather thank Roddy White, without him practically handing it to Shanle we lose.

And if it weren't for Shanle's mediocre play the rest of the game we'd have won without it.

To recap...

262 of Ryan's 351 yards came against our LBers.
Shanle rated the worst defender at -6.3.

Who's doing this grading again?

ProFootball Focus.

Its a pay per view site (40.00 per year) so I just re-capped some info from someone who actually paid for it. I should probably give him credit but its a Saints site that most of us hate.

You'll have to trust me that I'm re-capping it accurately. I only lie to women.