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The New Orleans Saints haven’t had enough time to figure out exactly what they have in Stephone Anthony.

Not in 15 padless practices.

A middle linebacker like Anthony can’t be properly evaluated until he’s fighting off offensive linemen and crashing into running backs.

But the early returns have been good. Working almost exclusively with the No. 2 unit during minicamp and organized team activities, Anthony picked up the defense quickly, made several plays in the passing game and often looked right at home moving at the NFL’s accelerated pace.

“I think the game, it’s not very fast for him,” defensive coordinator Rob Ryan said. “He’s been really well-coached in college, he understands football, he loves football, so he’s learning at a very quick rate, and that’s awesome. That you can see with no pads on.”




Read more: Early returns have been impressive as Saints rookie Stephone Anthony settles in at middle linebacker | Saints | The Advocate — Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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