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90-man roster: LB Jonathan Casillas coming off career year

If you really think about it Jonathan Casillas is the poster child for what New York Giants general manager Jerry Reese has tried to do at the linebacker position over the past decade.

Casillas came to the Giants as a veteran free agent in 2015 after five NFL seasons that saw him play for three teams — the New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New England Patriots. He was a useful, experienced player — but also a cheap, non-descript one. In those five seasons he had only started 18 games, with the six he started in 2014 (three for the Bucs, three for the Pats) being a career high.