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Shockey has promised to get revenge on Giants
Even though the Giants apparently have done exactly what Jeremy Shockey asked them to do - trade him to the Saints - the tight end previously told reporters from Newsday's Kidsday in a video interview that he will be looking for revenge when he takes the field against his old team.
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  • humano humano
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    Even though he makes minimal sense, i like that he's going to play extra hard against any old team. You see so much butt-slapping and laughter amongst teams post-game these days, that it's great to see this kind of aggressiveness. Especially in football.
    Posted 7/23/2008 respond (flag)
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Saints News: 7.23.08
Canal Street Chronicles — ... In an interview with Kidsday reporters conducted in June, Jeremy Shockey himself had some angry words to say about the Giants and his thoughts on a possible trade. Kidsday is a weekly section in NY's Newsday. I grew up on Long Island by the way, and I used to read Kidsday every week. ...

Shockey swears revenge for… getting what he asked for?
MVN Outsider — ... .  And since he can’t be a quarterback or a running back and he hates to block and his current position of “starting tight end who only catches” is apparently unsatisfactory, the team traded him.  Like he asked.  And, boy, is he mad about it! ...

Giants beware: "If the team trades me, I ...
Deadspin — ... Giants beware: "If the team trades me, I promise you I'm going to make them pay," Shockey told the youngsters during a promotional appearance in Queens in early June. "If I ever get a chance to play against a team that trades me, it's not going to be a pretty sight." [Newsday] ...

SHOCKEY PREMATURELY VOWS REVENGE
ProFootballTalk.com — Back in June, Newsday sent a few kids to interview then-Giant Jeremy Shockey. And while he didn’t reach previously established extremes — screaming at the youngsters as he did to Giants GM Jerry Reese — he found a slightly more subtle way of voicing his displeasure, and issued a warning along with it “If the team trades me, I promise you I’m going to make them pay,” Shockey said. “If I ever get a chance to play against a team that trades me, it’s not going to be a pretty sight.” That’s not the subtle part. Earlier, when asked what team he would have wanted to draft him if not ...

Jeremy Shockey Promises to Make Giants Pay
FanHouse — ... Well, sorta. According to Newsday's Tom Rock, even before Shockey was traded -- but after he made it clear that's exactly what he wanted -- he guaranteed retribution. Or some such. ...

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