Sources: Giants to trade Shockey to Saintsby Jay Glazer
The Giants have agreed to trade their disgruntled tight end to the New Orleans Saints for a second-round pick and a fifth-round pick, FOXSports.com has learned. The deal is pending league approval, according to a league source. Shockey must also pass a physical.
The compensation is the same the Saints offered New York back in April prior and during to the draft ... and it was turned down.
JIP said...Hell, Michael Sam has more integrity than you do.
The Saints offense, if healthy, has no excuse not to dominate this year. Holy shit they will have some weapons! Hopefully they can find a corner that actually knows how to tie his own shoes. Vilma should help out tremendously and I'm anxious to see if Sedrick Ellis can hang in the NFL like he did in the Weak10. Fucking eh I can't wait until the season starts!!!!
I'm just glad to see him gone from the NFC East. That's one less tight end for Roy Williams to worry about covering twice a year.
Nice pick-up by the Saints. Payton saw this guy while he was with the Cowboys, and while he can be a head-case at times, he definitely can bring it on the field when healthy.
TenTallBen wrote:Saints = NFC South Division Champs :D
That division sucks...I'd be stunned if the Saints don't win it. Add Shockey to Colston, Bush and McAllister and Brees pulling the trigger...it's by far the best offense in the division. Shockey and Payton had an okay from their Giants days so I can imagine he'll be on good soldier and not be a pain the ass. Aside from Colston and Bush, Shockey will see plenty of balls thrown his way.
TenTallBen wrote:Saints = NFC South Division Champs :D
That division sucks...I'd be stunned if the Saints don't win it. Add Shockey to Colston, Bush and McAllister and Brees pulling the trigger...it's by far the best offense in the division. Shockey and Payton had an okay from their Giants days so I can imagine he'll be on good soldier and not be a pain the ass. Aside from Colston and Bush, Shockey will see plenty of balls thrown his way.
McAllister will be lucky to play at all this year. He's 29 years old with 2 bum knees. He's done.
The Saints will be entertaining. But that's about it. If they win their divison somehow they'll be one and done.
"Once upon a time, dinosaurs didn't have families. They lived in the woods and ate their children. It was a golden age."
—Earl Sinclair
"I do have respect for authority even though I throw jelly dicks at them.
McAllister is a big question mark. Reggie can't handle the load and he is ineffective without a between the tackles guy as his sidekick. If Deuce can't play to an acceptable level, then consider Brees as target practice to a once again one-deimensional offense.
Shockey will help, but Brees is bound to get injured and then the season will be "bye-bye".
Mario Williams had 14 sacks last season, but opposing teams are able to key on him because of the lack of talent around him. So it looks like we have yet another reason Houston should have drafted Reggie Bush instead of Williams. Not only would they have no one for opposing teams to key on, but also their running game would produce an extra 500 or so yards every year.
Yeeeeeahh, okay.
I know it's still early in the "Big 3" evaluation of the '06 draft, but Mario seems to be the smart choice after two rounds and dude will be playing with a chip on his shoulder this season. That pro bowl he didn't get picked for last season had him pissed. He wants to leave no doubts this time.
mvscal wrote:MacAllister is no longer the key to this offense.
He needs to pass on his running duties to Pierre Thomas. He's the future. He had 100 yards rushing and receiving in the game against the bears last year. Granted it was the last game of the season and the bears didn't have anything to play for, but that's not bad for his first official full game.
The Gnats won the SB without him, so why keep paying him? Th4ey got a couple of picks out of the deal.
Conversely, with that air-it-up offense in NO, Shockey should be money. He blocks as well as any TE in the game, and is a sure-handed, game-changing reciever...
The only wrench in the gears is Shockey's Hurrigangsta-Douche-Factor... which is high.
But his good blocking might help The Pro College Player get outside the box, where he can do damage. I think they need Duece to get a few of those punishing blasts up the middle to soften it up, though... or a new guy to fill that role. Otherwise, opponents can overplay the outside and mop the floor with that offensive scheme.
BSmack wrote:Can you imagine this guy set loose in the French Quarter on a nightly basis?
I've never been to NO... or NY.
But, from what I hear, it's pretty freaking easy to find trouble in New York City, as easy as anywhere on Earth.
Am I wrong?
Heck, I can find temptation and trouble 24/7 around here in a city of 2 million... I'm guessing that NY can offer up trouble at 4 times my local rate, at least.
BSmack wrote:Can you imagine this guy set loose in the French Quarter on a nightly basis?
I've never been to NO... or NY.
But, from what I hear, it's pretty freaking easy to find trouble in New York City, as easy as anywhere on Earth.
Am I wrong?
Heck, I can find temptation and trouble 24/7 around here in a city of 2 million... I'm guessing that NY can offer up trouble at 4 times my local rate, at least.
The difference is that New York has a lot of nightclubs mixed in with a million other things to do. Quick, name something to do in New Orleans that doesn't involve drinking to excess.
"Once upon a time, dinosaurs didn't have families. They lived in the woods and ate their children. It was a golden age."
—Earl Sinclair
"I do have respect for authority even though I throw jelly dicks at them.
TenTallBen wrote:Then why haven't you ever been to New Orleans??
Dins, just tote a 12-pack into the nearest Republic Waste dumpster and you've got New Orleans. Pepper some instant potato mix over your head and you've got Cleveland.
TenTallBen wrote:
Then why haven't you ever been to New Orleans?? I think you might just enjoy it.
I think you're probably right.
But it's a long way away. And there's plenty of shit to do where I live, that I don't need to travel just for the sake of finding something to do. Although one of these years, I'm going to tour this country and see all kindsa cool shit, I'm sure.
TenTallBen wrote:Then why haven't you ever been to New Orleans??
Dins...Pepper some instant potato mix over your head and you've got Cleveland.
....really???? is THAT all that you have to offer?
It was a pretty fucking good offering. Though to capture the true essence of Cleveland, you should soak the instant potato mix in flammable toxic waste.
"Once upon a time, dinosaurs didn't have families. They lived in the woods and ate their children. It was a golden age."
—Earl Sinclair
"I do have respect for authority even though I throw jelly dicks at them.
I beg to differ. While Shockey was certainly a threat in the passing game, he was a slighty above average blocker. Boss won't be confused with Shockey as a receiver, but he is a better blocker.
Shockey's antics at the Super Bowl pretty much sealed his fate. He was just as bad a cancer in the locker as Tiki was.
Giants miss Jeremy Shockey's blocking ability at tight end
BY RALPH VACCHIANO
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Sunday, August 17th 2008, 10:10 PM
In case anyone needed a reminder that Jeremy Shockey was gone - as if the quiet summer wasn't a clue - it was all there on the film of the Giants' preseason opener in Detroit. And when tight ends coach Mike Pope watched it, he knew he had a lot of work to do.
There were missed assignments, missed blocks, miscommunications, incorrect routes and a slew of other mental errors. For most of the last six years, with Shockey on his side, those were things Pope didn't have to worry about.
Now he does....
... The biggest issue appears to be in their blocking, where Shockey - a four-time Pro Bowler - was outstanding, even though it was a job he didn't like. Boss, the presumed starter in his second year out of Western Oregon, looks to be a smooth receiver with good speed and excellent hands. But all of their blocking was shaky in their preseason-opening loss to the Detroit Lions.
Dinsdale wrote:with that air-it-up offense in NO, Shockey should be money. He blocks as well as any TE in the game, and is a sure-handed, game-changing reciever...
The only wrench in the gears is Shockey's Hurrigangsta-Douche-Factor... which is high.
Yeeeeeahh, okay.
