Jeremy Shockey Traded To The Saints By The Giants For 2nd And 5th Round Draft Picks
FanIQ Blog —
It's about time this finally happened. Jeremy Shockey has finally been traded by the Giants to New Orleans (pending a physical, of course). Hell, as far as I'm concerned, they could have just dumped him in New Orleans and I would have considered this a great deal. Instead, the Giants will get future 2nd and 5th round draft picks, which is not a bad haul.
Interestingly, the compensation is the same thing the Saints offered New York back in April during the draft, and it was turned down. Perhaps Shockey found some way to piss off the Giants yet again that we don't yet know about.
Anyway, you had to figure this was bound to happen. There were serious ...
Shockey traded to Saints
MVN Outsider —
As Anthony brought to your attention in the last post, the Giants have traded tight end Jeremy Shockey to the Saints for a second and fifth round pick in the 2009 draft. Fox Sports’ Jay Glazer was the man who broke the news. Here’s my take on it.
For New Orleans, it’s a little risky. Shcokey broke his leg last season and may not even be ready to start training camp, at least at full strength. Plus, as we all know, he’s a complete head case, complaining if balls don’t come his way and criticizing coaches and quarterbacks, the exact guys that you don’t want to be enemies with.
Still, it’s a great trade that they have been trying to pull ...
TE Shockey to New Orleans; Boss to #1 TE with NYG
Footballguys Blog —
Jeremy Shockey got his wish today, leaving the Giants’ organization that angered him during the Super Bowl by not allowing him on the sidelines. Whatever his fans or detractors think of how the situation shook out, there are several obvious (and a couple not-so-obvious) fantasy implications regarding this move.
First of all, Eric Johnson’s prospects in New Orleans just took a massive hit. He should plummet down (and probably off) your TE board. At the same time, Kevin Boss is looking like a possible top-10 candidate among fantasy TEs, given the new depth chart in New York (none of the guys behind Boss - Michael Matthews, Jerome ...
