Stephone Anthony

A young guy that had a lot of promise when he came out in 2015. I'm not sure what his story was last season and why he dropped off the map. I know he suffered some kind of knee injury, but he lost the starting MLB position before he was hurt.

I'd definitely take a look at him.

I was low on him coming out of Clemson so I'm out.

Saints LB Stephone Anthony is dealing with a high-ankle sprain.

He's been sidelined for the last three weeks. With Alex Anzalone, A.J. Klein and Manti Te'o locked in as the Saints' starting linebackers, Anthony faces an uphill battle to crack the 53-man roster.

The competition at linebacker has become thick. It appears that Manti Te'o, A.J. Klein and Alex Anzalone have locked up the starting spots. Craig Robertson also has mixed in with the starters at times.

Anthony did not play much last season as he had trouble diagnosing plays. The team said it had seen progress in him throughout training camp, but he has not been able to display that growth during games because he has been out of action.

(New Orleans Advocate)

"djphinfan wrote:

I was low on him coming out of Clemson so I'm out.

I was actually high on him. Mocked him to us at least three times.

"Itsdahumidity wrote:

I was actually high on him. Mocked him to us at least three times.

A lot of folks were...people that I respect were...there's always hits and misses..I loved Dion Jordan.

SA is way better than DJ. The Saints played him at SLB, when hes a mike.

I'm sure Gase will get all the info on him he needs from Joe Vitt who coached him in New Orleans.

Good call :up:

Hope we keep S.Anthony on the inside. Once he gets up to speed & learns the playbook I don't see why he wouldn't be able to flourish in our system.

Sean Payton and Dennis Allen all but called him stupid... sort of like the way Schwartz said the same thing about Kiko before trading him from Buffalo.

Still, he was a stud for the Saints at Mike under Rob Ryan. Dennis Allen moved him to SAM, and he's struggled to the point of being cut.

Anthony's rookie season, he had 112 tackles, 5 TFLs, 1 sack, 1 INT, 2 FFs, 1 fumble recovery, and 5 PDs. I'd take that.

Supposedly he's got bad ankle right now...

"cuchulainn wrote:

Sean Payton and Dennis Allen all but called him stupid... sort of like the way Schwartz said the same thing about Kiko before trading him from Buffalo.

Still, he was a stud for the Saints at Mike under Rob Ryan. Dennis Allen moved him to SAM, and he's struggled to the point of being cut.

Anthony's rookie season, he had 112 tackles, 5 TFLs, 1 sack, 1 INT, 2 FFs, 1 fumble recovery, and 5 PDs. I'd take that.

Supposedly he's got bad ankle right now...

Hes a Mike LB, nothing more. i think if used properly, in time, he could flourish.

"Itsdahumidity wrote:

Good call :up:

Hope we keep S.Anthony on the inside. Once he gets up to speed & learns the playbook I don't see why he wouldn't be able to flourish in our system.

thanks Bro.

"Redwine4all wrote:

Hes a Mike LB, nothing more. i think if used properly, in time, he could flourish.

Nothing more? He's better than what we've currently got and it just happens we need a Mike, whether he's anything else or not.

He was originally projected as a 3rd round pick back in 2015. He shot up draft boards into the 1st round due to his combine as I recall. He was pretty productive there as a rookie for the Saints.

"cuchulainn wrote:

Nothing more? He's better than what we've currently got and it just happens we need a Mike, whether he's anything else or not.

He was originally projected as a 3rd round pick back in 2015. He shot up draft boards into the 1st round due to his combine as I recall. He was pretty productive there as a rookie for the Saints.

Im on board...i was the one calling for him in preseason. Hes not a Sam...hes Mike.

"Redwine4all wrote:

Hes a Mike LB, nothing more. i think if used properly, in time, he could flourish.

I actually believe he's a run-and-chase WLB in a 4-3. Use the speed and explosiveness to chase down plays and cover the flats. He does not have to diagnose near as often as a WLB and his speed would be a welcome upgrade to our linebackers, who are all painfully slow.

"Vision wrote:

I actually believe he's a run-and-chase WLB in a 4-3. Use the speed and explosiveness to chase down plays and cover the flats. He does not have to diagnose near as often as a WLB and his speed would be a welcome upgrade to our linebackers, who are all painfully slow.

I think he’s a good Mike due to his rookie season. However, I have to agree with you here. He could really benefit the Dolphins as the Will. However, will they move Kiki?

I wonder what the 2018 pick is? I'd guess 5th rounder given our need, maybe a conditional 6th that moves up based on playing time? The good thing is we should get by the Jets while he recovers from his ankle sprain, and maybe he gets a "revenge game" in London?

I'll be fine if he is ready to go by the Titans game, that is when we'll really need better LB play.

Jelani Jenkins was also cut by Bills.

Anthony costs us next year's 5th rounder.

"Dolphin North wrote:

Anthony costs us next year's 5th rounder. This certainly indicates that Timmons is not going to be a Dolphin.

I'm not sure this automatically means anything about Timmons. There was talk that the Dolphins were interested in Anthony after they acquired Timmons and before Timmons lost his damn mind. lol

The writing seems to be on the wall for Timmons with the trade for Stephone, but I guess it could allow the team to have someone ready to replace Timmons if he flakes again? My feeling now is that he is as good as gone. I trust whatever direction Gase goes with this.

"dirtylandry wrote:

Jelani Jenkins was also cut by Bills.

He's made out of cotton candy and butterfly wings. No thanks.

"Itsdahumidity wrote:

Good call :up:

Hope we keep S.Anthony on the inside. Once he gets up to speed & learns the playbook I don't see why he wouldn't be able to flourish in our system.

So if this move was prompted by the Timmons issue, why acquire a MLB? Obviously McMillan is out for the season and Mike Hull is debatable as serviceable in his absence, but is this just to acquire more talent to the LB corps? Do u guys think we brought him in to play MLB or Sam to replace Timmons void?

"Mafioso wrote:

So if this move was prompted by the Timmons issue, why acquire a MLB? Obviously McMillan is out for the season and Mike Hull is debatable as serviceable in his absence, but is this just to acquire more talent to the LB corps? Do u guys think we brought him in to play MLB or Sam to replace Timmons void?

I don't see this as a move having much to do about Timmons, besides the fact he'll be out a few games and That makes our LB corp even weaker.

See this more as a needed upgrade to fill MLB over Maualuga and Hull. I see Maualuga much more on the hot seat for releases than Timmons.......(but truthfully non of us still know what the Timmons episode was about) but feel if Gase were cutting him loose it would have already been done instead of the suspensions......Timmons is just to great of a need to move on from...

"Walter wrote:

I don't see this as a move having much to do about Timmons, besides the fact he'll be out a few games and That makes our LB corp even weaker.

See this more as a needed upgrade to fill MLB over Maualuga and Hull. I see Maualuga much more on the hot seat for releases than Timmons.......(but truthfully non of us still know what the Timmons episode was about) but feel if Gase were cutting him loose it would have already been done instead of the suspensions......Timmons is just to great of a need to move on from...

Damn I all bit forgot about Maualuga, brain fart. So do you think They plan on playing Anthony at MLB and putting Hull on the pine? After he gets spun up of course. I don't know the working and structure of the Timmons contract but it appears to me that maybe they are suspending him the 4 games to recoup money and void his contract clauses....then maybe still cut him? Could be off base with that. I hope he gets his crap straight and they keep him. Punish him for his actions...and move on.