Giants traded Shockey to Saints

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Jeremy Shockey has finally gotten his wish.

The Giants have agreed to trade their disgruntled tight end to the New Orleans Saints for a second-round pick and a fifth-round pick, FOXSports.com has learned. The deal is pending league approval, according to a league source. Shockey must also pass a physical.

The compensation is the same the Saints offered New York back in April prior and during to the draft ... and it was turned down.

The move comes one day after Jason Taylor was traded from Miami to New York's NFC East rivals in Washington. According to a report on SI.com, the Giants had held discussions about a three-team trade in which they would have ended up with Taylor, the Saints would have landed Shockey and the Dolphins would have received a pair of draft picks.

The emergence of rookie Kevin Boss during the Giants' improbable Super Bowl run — a stretch Shockey missed due to a broken leg — made Shockey expendable. Boss started six games after Shockey's injury (two regular season and all four during the Giants' postseason run), making nine catches for 140 yards and a TD.

Shockey's attitude made the move somewhat necessary as the Giants sought to avoid distractions from their bid to repeat as Super Bowl champions.

During the team's recent minicamp, Shockey reportedly engaged in a shouting match with GM Jerry Reese, just the latest controversy involving the outspoken former first-round pick out of the University of Miami.

Shockey's absence in Phoenix during the Super Bowl was conspicuous to say the least. According to some reports, one of the many sources of Shockey's displeasure with the team was that he was not allowed to stand on the team's sidelines during the game.

In the past, Shockey also had less-than-complimentary things to say about his quarterback, Eli Manning. In fact, many have theorized that Manning's transformation from a middle-of-the-pack quarterback to a Super Bowl MVP was facilitated by Shockey's absence.

Oh and Ryder, change your avatar before I start finding vids of the last time Dallas and Tampa played.Bobbles

get the 1 where galloway burns the dallas secondary

[QUOTE="Bobbles"]About time this happened. We all knew it was coming, but the Giants took forever to pull the trigger. Oh and Ryder, change your avatar before I start finding vids of the last time Dallas and Tampa played.Ryder004

three solid reasons: 1) it irritates Bobbles. 2) it's funny! 3) It irritates Bobbles! :lol:

[QUOTE="Bobbles"]Oh and Ryder, change your avatar before I start finding vids of the last time Dallas and Tampa played.Ryder004

get the 1 where galloway burns the dallas secondary

lol not even in practice back in the day.

[QUOTE="Bobbles"]Oh and Ryder, change your avatar before I start finding vids of the last time Dallas and Tampa played.Ryder004

get the 1 where galloway burns the dallas secondary

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[QUOTE="Bobbles"]Oh and Ryder, change your avatar before I start finding vids of the last time Dallas and Tampa played.Bobbles

get the 1 where galloway burns the dallas secondary

lol wow man, they didnt get that title untill the 2007 season so how did tony romo light up the best pass D in 2006? and they can do plenty this year. T.O can be looking like my avatar after that game.

[QUOTE="Bobbles"][QUOTE="Ryder004"]

[QUOTE="Bobbles"]Oh and Ryder, change your avatar before I start finding vids of the last time Dallas and Tampa played.Ryder004

get the 1 where galloway burns the dallas secondary

lol wow man, they didnt get that title untill the 2007 season so how did tony romo light up the best pass D in 2006? and they can do plenty this year. T.O can be looking like my avatar after that game.

[QUOTE="Ryder004"][QUOTE="Bobbles"][QUOTE="Ryder004"]

[QUOTE="Bobbles"]Oh and Ryder, change your avatar before I start finding vids of the last time Dallas and Tampa played.Bobbles

get the 1 where galloway burns the dallas secondary

lol wow man, they didnt get that title untill the 2007 season so how did tony romo light up the best pass D in 2006? and they can do plenty this year. T.O can be looking like my avatar after that game.

we will have to wait and see, all this talk aint gona prove or do anything

I kind of like the trade for both sides. Eli plays better with Kevin Boss, and the Saints have a another major target. If they can manage his ego, he'll be great for them.wallymartin

I kind of like the trade for both sides. Eli plays better with Kevin Boss, and the Saints have a another major target. If they can manage his ego, he'll be great for them.wallymartin

if he can play good, we got a good playoff contender here, unfortunetley for Carolina.

I kind of like the trade for both sides. Eli plays better with Kevin Boss, and the Saints have a another major target. If they can manage his ego, he'll be great for them.wallymartin

I don't think his ego will be a problem at all. He said he wanted to play for Sean Payton and Payton won't put up with anything, and with Drew Bress at QB he'll keep him in check on the field too.

Saints needed a TE so I guess Shockey's a good fit

I'm not one bit surprised that this happened, I just think It's kindof bad for the NFC South.

Oh and nice Avatar Ryder. :P

I kind of like the trade for both sides. Eli plays better with Kevin Boss, and the Saints have a another major target. If they can manage his ego, he'll be great for them.wallymartin

Yeah, have to agree with you.

Now Shockey can hang out with payton everyday.

You think Shokey is going to like New Orleans? They run a west coast and sometimes they have 2 backs with no TE. I guess they will move it around some for him. I gotta say .. he is definately overrated. No doubt in my mind about that. He's a good TE, but there are 5 or 6 guys in the league I'd take over him in a heartbeat.gfxarts

Seriously? What happened Shockey's first year in the league? He posted his best year, and guess who got him the ball? Sean Payton. The Saints had a TE most of the time, but none were as good as Shockey. Payton will gameplan for Shockey and he will put up some nice numbers as long as he stays healthy, because you know Drew Brees loves to use his tight end (see Antonio Gates). Shockey said he wanted to come play for the Saints and Sean Payton, like I said before, there won't be too much of a problem.

Another place this move (should) help is our running game. Shockey is a very good blocking TE and seals the edge very well on outside runs. Reggie is gonna love this guy. Not to mention if Shockey goes deep, he'll open up the underneath routes, because you almost HAVE to double team Shockey.