Getting Desperate

Not a good sign

The New Orleans Saints have acquired LB Scott Shanle from the Dallas Cowboys for an undisclosed draft pick in the 2007 NFL Draft. Entering his fourth season, Shanle has been one of the Cowboys' top special teams performers since joining the club in 2004 and has also started 11 of 37 games in his career. The trade is pending the player passing a physical.

Shanle (6-1, 240) opened eight of 15 contests in 2005 and had 50 tackles and 1.5 sacks. In 2004, he finished fourth on the special teams units with 15 stops and recorded 26 tackles as a starter over the final three games of the season.

If you're still looking for players at this point, you're not in good shape. And you certainly aren't going to acquire any quality without giving up something other than future low draft picks. They could still shop Donte Stallworth around... but his value seems to diminish daily. Ashley Lelie, another reciever drafted in the same year as Donte, was traded to the Falcons earlier today.