Titans waive LB James Anderson

Adam Caplan @caplannfl · 13m 13 minutes ago
#Titans waived veteran LB James Anderson.

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Could be worth a look depending on his health. Could be an upgrade over Casillas.

https://twitter.com/caplannfl/status/534846256443830272

NE_PATS_FAN_54 said:

Could be worth a look depending on his health. Could be an upgrade over Casillas.

https://twitter.com/caplannfl/status/534846256443830272

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All of NE's behavior to date suggests they think Casillas is the better player.

Casillas is a ST guy and 1/2 a decade younger and seemingly playing ok. Not sure if the move makes sense?

Pass.

Hell of a lot of waiving going on today.

Oswlek said:

All of NE's behavior to date suggests they think Casillas is the better player.

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I would keep Casillas, but definitely look at moving Chris White out and bringing back James Anderson.

Is Chris White really that much aof a necessity now that they have Casillas? ST's are bursting with talent - - hell, even an ace like Don Jones was a healthy scratch last week. Why not cut White and bring Anderson back (unless the coaching staff really hated him). We are still one injury away at MLB from being very thin, and it would be great to have a full-time depth guy there now that Mayo is out. Ayers is more of an OLB.

Why would they cut him now? Must be pretty bad. Lb sb high priority in next draft.

the titans defense looked bad yesterday. not sure if anderson was playing but their lb's were awful against the run. lol

Based on how Casillas has looked in his brief stint with the team, and how inept Anderson looked in the preseason, the answer to that would be no.

He can be kept on the shadow roster/emergency list if he's still on the street in the case of injury though. Beyond that, he'd be a downgrade signing at this point.

If we didn't want him on the roster before the season, why would we want him now?

shmessy said:

I would keep Casillas, but definitely look at moving Chris White out and bringing back James Anderson.

Is Chris White really that much aof a necessity now that they have Casillas? ST's are bursting with talent - - hell, even an ace like Don Jones was a healthy scratch last week. Why not cut White and bring Anderson back (unless the coaching staff really hated him). We are still one injury away at MLB from being very thin, and it would be great to have a full-time depth guy there now that Mayo is out. Ayers is more of an OLB.

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What would make them want Anderson now when they cut him in camp and now another team and a bad one at that says he isn't good enough for them either?

When they signed him I thought he was a lock, guess he did not live up to expectations either here or in Tennessee...

He went from starter in Carolina and Chicago, to getting cut in NE and part time player for Tenn(7 games 4 tackles)... the NFL takes a toll on a players body, in this case it is quite noticeable... I had high hopes for him on this team.

http://www.nfl.com/player/jamesanderson/2495797/profile

NE_PATS_FAN_54 said:

Could be worth a look depending on his health. Could be an upgrade over Casillas.

https://twitter.com/caplannfl/status/534846256443830272

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Totally different LBers. Casillas is a speed/coverage/ST guy. Anderson.............is not.

shmessy said:

I would keep Casillas, but definitely look at moving Chris White out and bringing back James Anderson.

Is Chris White really that much aof a necessity now that they have Casillas? ST's are bursting with talent - - hell, even an ace like Don Jones was a healthy scratch last week. Why not cut White and bring Anderson back (unless the coaching staff really hated him). We are still one injury away at MLB from being very thin, and it would be great to have a full-time depth guy there now that Mayo is out. Ayers is more of an OLB.

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STs are a major strength of this team (#3 ranking in Football Outsiders). Not sure we want to tweak them too much.

I would agree that White and Jones do not receive much time w/ the defense.

Joey007 said:

If we didn't want him on the roster before the season, why would we want him now?

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Because Mayo wasn't on IR in the preseason...

Ross12 said:

Hell of a lot of waiving going on today.

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I noticed this also.. Besides Anderson, you had Blount, Tate, and half a dozen other guys...

NE_PATS_FAN_54 said:

Could be worth a look depending on his health. Could be an upgrade over Casillas.

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What makes you think that Anderson, who flopped out of Patriots Training Camp, could be an upgrade over Casillas, whom the Pats went out of their way to trade for?

BB is not desperate enough to re-sign a guy who when here in pre-season committed the mortal sin of limp arm tackling instead of making solid contact. I originally loved the signing but when I watched his pathetic attempts at tackling I knew then that he would be an easy cut. According to the Tits, he has not changed.

He was signed by Atlanta