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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; SAINTS STILL WANT SHOCKEY Posted by Mike Florio on May 5, 2008, 4:28 p.m. Though the New Orleans Saints weren’t able to swing a trade prior to or during the 2008 draft for Giants tight end Jeremy Shockey, the Saints ...
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05-06-2008, 06:18 AM | #51 |
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Posted by Mike Florio on May 5, 2008, 4:28 p.m. Though the New Orleans Saints weren’t able to swing a trade prior to or during the 2008 draft for Giants tight end Jeremy Shockey, the Saints reportedly remain interested. Writes Jimmy Smith of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, “Coach Sean Payton believes Shockey is a perfect fit for the Saints’ offense, and he still desperately wants the player to be wearing a black-and-gold uniform this season.” But while a trade could still happen, the price tag would surely be higher in 2009 picks than it would have been with 2008 selections. Absent a significant offer of picks from next year’s draft, the Giants could just keep Shockey at a relatively reasonable $1.9 million base salary for the coming season, and then trade him in March or April. The other problem is that trading Shockey could expose the Giants to a depth issue, if Kevin Boss were to break a leg or tear a tendon or rupture a spleen or puncture his scrotum. And that’s why the Saints might ultimately have to ship a tight end from their own roster to New York in order to seal the deal, especially since the Giants didn’t draft any tight |
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05-06-2008, 06:54 AM | #52 |
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Originally Posted by saintsfan1976
Everyone keeps talking about the guy like he's the next coming of Ozzie Newsome or Shannon Sharpe.
His best year was his rookie year. And that was a long time ago.
I might have a different opinion if he had gone through some Chad Johnson/T.O. type drama before.
Could you imagine the Shockey lockerroom press conference after losing the Tampa game on a truely stupid play last year? And you want that possibility in our locker room?
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05-06-2008, 06:58 AM | #53 |
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Originally Posted by RickyInKenner
Why? They produced better than Shockey last year. Shockey is clearly better. So they must have been ignored.
I say let's keep the undercover duo and let them be ignored for another season. Maybe they can get 100 catches. SFIAH |
05-06-2008, 07:32 AM | #54 |
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Originally Posted by Memnoch_TP
He can say this because the way his team won the SB is the way that the SB is won virtually every year. Quick: name the last TE that was the SB MVP. I'll wait.
#4 offense #26 defense So where do you need to get better? Now the Saints gets props for doing exactly that. They spent the offseason improving the defense. Even the choice of the kicker in the 6th round was actually a defensive move (long kickoffs). But the #1 offense made it to the SB last year. And they walked off the field without the trophy. The numbers don't lie. SB offenses are all over the place. But SB defenses are either consistently great throughout the season, or get hot in the playoffs. But whichever team is playing the best defense in January wins the SB virtually every time.
The Saints don't have any of those types of guys right now. Bringing in Shockey can make that old adage come true: One bad apple spoils the bunch.
1) Talent. A positive there. 2) Fit. Big negative there. 3) Cost. It's going to take some cheese to get the guy in here. We're going to have to give up a significant draft pick or a productive player (or both) to get him. Two out of three of these need to be a positive to make it work and right now I see it as two thumbs down. Now the really funny thing is that if I bring another talented malcontent into the discussion I'd get a completely different reaction. Pacman Jones. Now I wouldn't bring him in either for exactly the same reasons but in fact Dallas got a steal on the ledger sheet: 1) talent. I think that's been shown. 2) Fit. Triple negative here. 3) Cost. Nothing. A lowly conditional future draft pick with no bonus money in the contract. If dude doesn't work out, he gets cut and it costs Dallas nothing. The Saints will not be able to say the same with Shockey. He's a costly, risky gamble for production that has not yet to be shown to be much better than the production we've seen from the tight ends on staff. One last point, from a production standpoint I really think that Shockey has a bigger stature in fans minds than the numbers suggest. Over his career he's been averaging about 60 catches, 600 yards, and 4 TD a year. Compare to Gonzales who averages 75 catches, 900 yards, and 6 TD a year or Gates who averages 68 catches, 875 yards and nearly 9 TDs a year. So what I see is a moderately talented TE with a questionable locker room presence and a really high price tag. And you wonder why I argue that this supposed trade is a really bad idea. SFIAH |
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05-06-2008, 07:46 AM | #55 |
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Originally Posted by SaintFanInATLHELL
Bottom Line: Shockey would make us better on the field.
All the other crap has been blown out of proportion. |
05-06-2008, 07:54 AM | #56 |
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Originally Posted by saintsfan1976
Bottom line: Shockey making us better on the field hasn't been proven. Our TE pair from last year outplayed him.
Bottom line: He's a diva malcontent that thinks of himself first. This really summarizes the two sides of this thread. It can be closed now. SFIAH |
05-06-2008, 08:47 AM | #57 |
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Re: payton wants shockey...................
Shockey want to win (.)
All great players want the ball at crunch time (.) Eli (see avatar to who I think is the first family of football) is no Drew Brees in regards to interpersonal relationships (.) Shockey knows what Payton knows, he can cause all kinds of havoc for a defensive coordinator (.) Putting a scheme with Shockey limits the chances of a Reggie Bush reverse being called (humour) |
05-06-2008, 09:32 AM | #59 |
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The Saints have a ton of offensive players. Are you saying that they don't want to win?
But it's a lesson learned. Next time he'll run the ball into the line just like he's supposed to. Why don't ya'll just admit that you want Shockey because you like the idea, not because of any real substative evidence. All the evidence I need I have from the NYG: 1. Dude threw his coach under the bus. 2. The team won the SB without him. 3. He wants to get out because he wasn't the star in the playoff run. 4. The NYG want a king's (or fool's) ransom for him. That's all I need to see. Pass. SFIAH |
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05-06-2008, 09:58 AM | #60 |
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question....Do you think that NFL defensive cooridinators would try to account for shockey in their weekly gameplan vs the giants? on our offense shockey would be the 4th option at best? what option was he for the Giants offense? would he not recieve less priority from oposing defense on the saints then he did on the giants? would he be able to expoit this and become a huge threat?
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