AP

After Prince Shembo settled his animal cruelty charge last week by pleading guilty to a misdemeanor and paying a fine, Falcons coach Dan Quinn said that the team would discuss possibly bringing the linebacker back to the team.

Shembo was released after he was charged for killing his ex-girlfriend’s Yorkshire Terrier in May and Quinn said Monday that Shembo will continue to be a former member of the team.

“I think that we are just happy right now where we are at with the linebackers,” Quinn said, via the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “We’re just trying to like heck to keep working those guys as we are going through it.”

Any team considering signing Shembo could have to deal with his absence at some point during the season if he is suspended under the league’s personal conduct policy as well as criticism for signing a professional football player who killed a 5-pound dog with a kick after the dog bit him.