New Orleans Saints LB Jonathan Casillas Shooting Up the Depth Chart

August 15, 2010   ·   Paul Augustin, Jr.   ·   Jump to comments


Shortly before the New Orleans Saints opened up training camp, I made some predictions regarding the final 53-man roster. While some of the position groups are easy to gauge, like quarterback and wide receiver, the outside linebackers gave me trouble.
And it shows.
I had Scott Shanle slotted to start at weakside linebacker and Jo-Lonn Dunbar at strongside. Backing them up were Clint Ingram and Stanley Arnoux.
While it's quite possible that either Shanle or Dunbar end up as one of the starters, I would have laughed if you said two weeks ago that it was equally possible that Jonathan Casillas was going to be the other starter on the outside.
The second year linebacker went undrafted out of Wisconsin and made just 17 tackles as a rookie.
It seems like he had almost that many tackles in the first half against the New England Patriots in the first preseason game. He was one of the lone bright spots for a defense that missed a lot of tackles and didn't force a ...

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