Big Blue gets plenty of value out of dealing Jeremy Shockey to Saints

It just won't be the same without Jeremy Shockey around to throw a fit after Eli Manning bounced one at his feet or sailed one over his head or didn't feed his ego by throwing him the ball 10 times a game.

Repeating as Super Bowl champions is nearly impossible, but the Giants' chances dramatically improved Monday when they dumped Shockey, an All-Pro distraction, on the Saints. New Orleans coach Sean Payton, who was Shockey's offensive coordinator his rookie year, did the Giants a huge favor by offering the same deal the Giants turned down before the draft. Shockey was more style than substance, a big talker given to saying the wrong thing. He always played hard, but was basically a headache. Shockey wanted out and if he bothered to show up at training camp in Albany on Thursday, he was fully capable of being a daily distraction to force his way out. At the June minicamp, he was the only player not cleared to practice who refused to come out of the locker room to watch from the sideline. That was just the warmup act to what Shockey had planned next. Continue

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Is it just me or were there two Shockeys? The first was the Shockey I saw in his rookie season who caught the ball and ran over defenders and carried tacklers for extra yeards after the catch. The second was he player who was always trying to look like he was making a dramatic catch by falling to the ground in the process (but sacrificing the yards).