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Gilbride has heart-to-heart with Shockey
Gilbride has heart-to-heart with Shockey
Giants offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride said today that he’s spoken to Jeremy Shockey and told the unhappy tight end how much he’s wanted. But he also became the latest person who couldn’t guarantee Shockey would be the Giants’ starting tight end this year. That’s the plan, Gilbride said, but he added the phrase “right now” - just like GM Jerry Reese and Tom Coughlin did a few weeks back. It’s yet another sign that the possibility exists that Shockey could still be traded, ...
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Big Blue View — ... Offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride apparently had a heart-to-heart talk recently with unhappy tight end  Jeremy Shockey. According to Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News, Gilbride called Shockey's status "nebulous," -- now there is a word you don't hear a football coach use every day -- and said he had "no idea what’s going to happen." ...

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