St. Louis Rams

Shanle made his NFL debut against the New York Giants

New York Giants

The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

 on September 7, 2003. He also saw special teams action in six games for St. Louis. He was waived by the Rams on December 9, 2003.

Dallas Cowboys

Shanle was claimed by the Dallas Cowboys

Dallas Cowboys

The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...

 on December 10, 2003. In 2004 he ranked fourth on the Cowboys roster with 15 special teams tackles. He became a starter at strongside linebacker and recorded 26 tackles in final three games. In 2005 he served as the Cowboys' nickel middle linebacker for the first several weeks of the season. After injuries forced Dat Nguyen

Dat Nguyen

Dat Tan Nguyen is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League . He was the first Vietnamese American to play in the NFL. He played for the Dallas Cowboys from 1999 to 2005. He played college football at Texas A&M. He was the Cowboys' assistant linebackers coach and...

 into retirement, Shanle then moved into the starting lineup. He battled injury setbacks in the season's latter stages, but tied for seventh on the team in tackles with 50 and added 1.5 sacks.

New Orleans Saints

Shanle was acquired in a trade with Dallas for a conditional draft pick during training camp and went to start 15 games at WLB, and led team with 77 solo stops, and his 117 total tackles and four sacks, a forced fumble and two pass defenses. In 2007 he played in and started in 14 games, and recorded 96 tackles (56 solo), a pass defense, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and a tackle for a loss. In 2009, he was a starting outside linebacker on the Saints' Super Bowl

Super Bowl

The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...

championship team.

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