BREAKING NEWS: Giants Deal Jeremy Shockey to Saints
Football Outsiders —
BREAKING NEWS: Giants Deal Jeremy Shockey to Saints Just reported, for a second-round pick and a fifth-round pick. This is the kind of deal where Football Outsiders really has nothing to add to the discussion. Jeremy Shockey is a better player than Kevin Boss. It’s nice that Boss had a little run there at the end of last year, but he’s not one of the top tight ends in the league. Jeremy Shockey is. This trade is all about personalities and team chemistry. Whether removing Shockey from the locker room is worth the downgrade at the starting tight end spot is simply not something ...
Breaking news: Saints acquire Jeremy Shockey
N/A —
... According to ESPN, the Giants have dealt troubled tight end Jeremy Shockey to New Orleans for a 2nd- and 5th-round draft pick in next year’s NFL draft. ...
Jeremy Shockey > Jason Taylor?!?!
East Coast Bias —
The Redskins indirectly embarrassed the New Orleans Saints, who reportedly have sent second and fifth round draft picks to the Giants for cancerous TE Jeremy Shockey. The Redskins yesterday traded a second and sixth to acquire Jason Taylor. ...
Jeremy Shockey Breaks Through New Orleans Douche Levee [NFL]
Deadspin —
... This is Jeremy Shockey. You might remember Jeremy from the time you drafted him two rounds too high in your fantasy draft because a) He played in New York, and b) You’re subconsciously just a bit racist. Jeremy, seen here trying to convince a woman to go home with him so he can give her Hepatitis Q, has been traded to the Saints for a 2nd round pick and a 5th round pick. Jesus, a second round pick? I wouldn’t trade half a bag of Munchos for Jeremy Shockey. ...
Shockey brings balance to Saints
ESPN.com - NFL Nation Blog —
... The New Orleans Saints went from having a pretty good offense to having a great one this afternoon. The trade for New York Giants tight end ...
Saints Outdo Redskins, Trade Two Picks For Shockey
Field Gulls —
... New Orleans moves a 2nd and 5th round pick for Jeremy Shockey. Here's the basic breakdown of this: Shockey is a bit undervalued by some after playing keep away with the unstoppably inaccurate Eli Manning. Unfortunately, Shockey is overvalued by many, many more. For being larger than life, and, ugh, white. By season's start, Shockey will be 28. The Saints are getting one more top season from Shockey and then should anticipate some decline. And that's part of the problem; the Saints shouldn't expect to compete this season. It's possible, but I doubt Shockey is the player that gets ...
Jeremy Shockey Traded to the New Orleans Saints
Music City Miracles —
... finally hammered out a deal that sends TE Jeremy Shockey to the Saints for a 2nd and 5th round pick in next year's draft. The Saints already had a ridiculous offense, and this just makes it even better. It will be interesting to see if he will behave in NO or not. ...
Monday afternoon Dallas Cowboys notes
Blogging The Boys —
... Today the Giants shipped Jeremy Shockey to the New Orleans Saints for a second and fifth-rounder in 2009. Last November, when Shockey was having a career day against the Cowboys, if you would have told me the Giants would happily trade Shockey away I would have laughed in your face. My how things can quickly go sour. ...
New Orleans To Be Hit By Another Devastating Hurricane
Boiled Sports —
... For those who haven't heard yet, Jeremy Shockey -- reknown, overrated douchebag -- has been traded to the Saints for some ankle tape and a bucket of used athletic cups. Actually, no, the Giants got a couple of decent picks for him so that's a win-win, especially considering Kevin Boss proved to actually be a better tight end as a rookie than Shockey ever was. ...
Jeremy Shockey Now A Saint
The Falcoholic —
... This is huge news for Falcons fans because it legitimately upgrades one of the few weak offensive spots on the Saints' roster. It looks like Shockey's been traded for a second and fifth rounder, which is not a huge haul for the Giants considering Shockey's relative level of talent. ...
The Saints Take On A New Ball Hog
Sports Blog - football, basketball, and baseball —
... The Saints are a team that have a bunch of weapons — you’ve got The Deuce, Reggie Bush, Marques Colston, and Drew Brees — and now they’ve added to that. Say hello to Jeremy Shockey, the new, fast, tatted-up TE that has just been traded from the Giants to the Saints. ...
Drew Brees, Meet Jeremy Shockey
Football Jabber —
... This finally happened. Next years 2nd and 9th round picks of the New Orleans Saints now belong to the New York Giants. Jeremy Shockey will team up with Sean Payton, who was his O-Coordinator in his rookie season, in New Orleans. Something jumped out at me in John Clayton’s little snippet… ...
NFL News: Saints acquire Shockey
Visionary's Free Sports Picks & Sports Handicapping Blog —
ESPN - Saints acquire Shockey for draft picks - NFL: "Sean Payton's persistence finally won out. The New Orleans Saints acquired Jeremy Shockey for a second- and a fifth-round draft pick in 2009."
Shockey to Saints: Be careful what you wish for Giants fans…
Footballguys Blog —
... Jeremy Shockey has been traded to the New Orleans Saints, ending months of speculation. About six weeks ago I wrote an ...
Rivalry with New Orleans Saints get a Shock(ey)
Buc 'Em —
... ESPN.com's John Clayton is reporting that the New Orleans Saints have officially traded for New York Giants Tight End Jeremy Shockey. The Giants get a 2nd and 5th round (2009) draft pick in return. ...
Shockey is headed to N'awlins
tonyblogs.net - Sports news, humor, videos and prognostications. —
The Giants today finally traded Jeremy Shockey to the Saints for a pair of draft picks.
Sure, Shockey is a great player and is one of the best TE's in the league. But he tends to drop a lot of balls and shoots his mouth off. And he doesn't like to work in the offseason program with Eli Manning, something Plaxico Burress and others do. And he's coming off an injury. And he has a stupid eagle/flag tattoo on his arm. (Okay, so that has nothing to do with anything but it just wreaks of pseudo-patriotic goofiness.)
This trade has nothing to do with ...
Shockey had become a Giant problem
ESPN.com - NFL Nation Blog —
... , but in the end, keeping him wasn't worth the distraction he would've caused. Reese didn't blink when the Saints offered a second and a fifth-round draft choice before April's draft because he thought Shockey was more valuable than that. ...
Saints Finally Acquire Shockey
Who Dat Dish | A New Orleans Saints Blog —
... After months of rumors and speculation, Sean Payton finally got his tight end. The Saints finalized a deal with the Giants to bring in TE Jeremy Shockey. The trade costs the Saints a second- and a fifth-round pick in the 2009 draft. ...
Around the World in 800 Words
Football Blog —
... o This just in, in late breaking news (see I am like a real blogger!) Jeremy Shockey was traded to the Saints today. While on paper this trade makes perfect sense for both the Giants (who had Kevin Boss help win the Super Bowl last year in Shockey’s absence) and the Saints (who even resorted to Eric freakin’ Johnson scoring touchdowns last year at tight end), am I the only one that thinks the combination of Jeremy Shockey and New Orleans isn’t the best idea? Didn’t the Saints see the clips of him at the ...
Saints News: 7.22.08 - Shockey Edition
Canal Street Chronicles —
... will be a tremendous benefit to our offense."
"I am excited to join the Saints as they have expressed interest in me. I have had a relationship with Coach Payton and I appreciate what he has done as a head coach," said Shockey. "The Saints have a lot of weapons starting with Drew Brees and I look forward to joining my teammates at training camp. This will be a fun year."
ESPN's coverage of the whole trade also has some worthwhile quotes from the Giants side. ...
Saints Trade Draft Picks For Giant Bag Of Asses
Bucstats.com —
... Today, Saints fans are celebrating Jeremy Shockey's trade to New Orleans with the same enthusiasm they give FEMA checks when they finally arrive, giving them hope of a better tomorrow. Meanwhile, the defending Super Bowl champs thought they'd be just fine replacing him with a fifth rounder entering his second season out of Western Oregon. Hmm... I wonder which team has more credibility? The team that dropped their first four games on their way to a 7-9 season or the team that started playing championship football after Shockey got ...
Finding the next Shockey
ESPN.com - NFL Nation Blog —
... Jeremy Shockey's trade to New Orleans leaves the NFC West as one of two divisions without a Pro Bowl tight end (the NFC North is the other). The Seahawks and 49ers hope to change that in the not-too-distant future, but second-round rookie ...
New page: Average Power Rankings
Press Row —
Nothing like going away for a few days and having everything happen, right? Hope everyone enjoyed the news-filled weekend.
Rather than simply try to catch up on all the fine journalism it appears I missed (I hear Timberlake was OK at the ESPY’s?), I’m going to take this chance to unveil a fun little feature that we’ll be keeping track of here during the football season: tracking the weekly power rankings across the media.
What’s one of ...
Shockey ready for fresh start
ESPN.com - NFL Nation Blog —
... Shockey, acquired earlier this week in a trade with the New York Giants, talked publicly for the first time since the trade after morning practice. The Pro Bowl tight end went out of his way to be nice to his former team. ...
Chiefs Should Try to Trade Tony Gonzalez
Larry Brown Sports —
... as a sign you are rebuilding, why not deal Gonzalez for a 4th round pick or something just to get another selection? How can it hurt you if you’re the Chiefs? Shockey warranted a second and fifth round pick before the season, Gonzo’s got to be worth a 4th or 5th I would figure. Plus, Tony’s already set the record for most receiving yards by a tight end, and he did it all with the Chiefs. What more can he do for the organization? No doubt Tony would like to go to a contender and have a chance of winning a game or two down the stretch. I ...
