NFL: TE Jeremy Shockey cut by Saints.

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#1 Master_Live
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http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6148294

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#2 Fizzman
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First of all I never even knew the Saints were a basketball team.

Second I also never knew Shockey played in the NBA.

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the Clippers should get him.
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#4 TheGrat1
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No biggie, the Saints have enough players to field 4 or 5 NBA teams.

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#5 Master_Live
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the Clippers should get him. Fuhgeddabouditt

First of all I never even knew the Saints were a basketball team.

Second I also never knew Shockey played in the NBA.

Fizzman
lol, my bad.
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#6 Fizzman
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[QUOTE="Fuhgeddabouditt"]the Clippers should get him. Master_Live

First of all I never even knew the Saints were a basketball team.

Second I also never knew Shockey played in the NBA.

Fizzman

lol, my bad.

I forgive you. ONE TIME ONLY!!!!!!!!

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#7 JML897
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Shockey's reaction to this news:

(that gif will never get old)

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#8 theone86
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He's getting up there in years and his salary is becoming prohibitive for a team that's stocked at the position. Some team will probably pick Shockey up for a short-term fix.

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What happened to this guy? What happened to Kellen WInslow JR? "I'm a F-in soldier!!" guy? These hyped TE just disappear
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#10 sixringz1
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you could see this coming a mile away. Graham had basically run his spot the last half of the season

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#11 ohjtbehaaave
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Shockey has always been an idiot anyway. He drops as many balls as he catches in a game. No big loss.
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It's not a big loss for the Saints.
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#13 geaux321
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It's funny you mention the NBA because the main reason they cut him was because of the play of Jimmy Graham who mainly played basketball at Miami (FL).
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What happened to this guy? What happened to Kellen WInslow JR? "I'm a F-in soldier!!" guy? These hyped TE just disappearX360PS3AMD05

Hasn't Winslow been injured like two years in a row? He had 884 yards in 09 but didn't play in 10, I could swear he was injured but it doesn't say anything.

My bad, he had 730 yards. That's really not all that bad. It's not Tony Gonzales play by any means, but not bad. Tight ends are usually role players in an offense, you go to them on short downs and as checkdowns. If your tight end has a ton of yards, a lot of times it means your other recivers aren't getting open. In 09 Tampa's receivers were atrocious, last year they really stepped their game up.

For a comparison, in 09 Winslow had 77 receptions for 884 yards, in 10 he had 66 receptions for 730 yards. His YPC each year was about 11. If you extrapolate the yards he would haave had if he had gotten 10 more receptions he would've finished with 840 yards, practically the same number as in 09. He didn't disappear, they just targeted him less.

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#15 -Halftime-
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Not a big deal, Graham started coming into his own so he was expendable. Shockey can probably help someone short term if he stays healthy
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[QUOTE="X360PS3AMD05"]What happened to this guy? What happened to Kellen WInslow JR? "I'm a F-in soldier!!" guy? These hyped TE just disappeartheone86

Hasn't Winslow been injured like two years in a row? He had 884 yards in 09 but didn't play in 10, I could swear he was injured but it doesn't say anything.

My bad, he had 730 yards. That's really not all that bad. It's not Tony Gonzales play by any means, but not bad. Tight ends are usually role players in an offense, you go to them on short downs and as checkdowns. If your tight end has a ton of yards, a lot of times it means your other recivers aren't getting open. In 09 Tampa's receivers were atrocious, last year they really stepped their game up.

For a comparison, in 09 Winslow had 77 receptions for 884 yards, in 10 he had 66 receptions for 730 yards. His YPC each year was about 11. If you extrapolate the yards he would haave had if he had gotten 10 more receptions he would've finished with 840 yards, practically the same number as in 09. He didn't disappear, they just targeted him less.

Just to add to that, you're forgetting that he LED his team in receptions the last two years as well. He hasn't disappeared at all, he's still a great player.