boonedocksaint

you think shanle will be benched now that vilma is back? move curtis lofton to scott's position and put vilma back in his spot in the middle?

FinSaint

I think it will be Hawthorne-Lofton-Casillas/Herring if Shanle's injury was severe enough to warrant him not playing in the upcoming game.

Vilma isn't yet ready to play by all the accounts that I've heard - still rehabbing the knee from the surgery - and his suspension might be reinstated before he'll be healthy enough to take the field, so I wouldn't place much hope on him.

Utah_Saint

Yeah, most definitely, if Vilma's knee heals up he'll move into the starting line up. I think Lofton, Vilma and Hawthorne are the three best linebackers on the team. I'm not sure which guy would take the middle. I read somewhere that Lofton played outside linebacker a little in college. But who know's maybe it was only a little because he wasn't good at it. I can even imagine Vilma and Lofton swapping that middle position every once in a while just to confuse QBs.

I would think there would be a rotation and Herring, Shanle and Cassilias all rotate in and out at different times depending on game situations.

That's all contingent on Vilma's knee healing up though.