Jeremy Shockey is Banged Up Once Again

I tolerate him because he is a SAINT. But other than that I would not pay any attention to him.

Last season the three games we lost he didnt play… ok you can scratch week 17 if you like but still… David Thomas, however reliable, doesnt stretch the field the way he does

How much has he got left…. I dont think he will be around like a Tony Gonzalez but I would be very happy if he plays out his contract here, if only to mentor Jimmy-Boy

His antics do not bother me one bit and beware of some of the media who are masters in throwing people under the bus…

When it came time to buy a jersey with the little Super Bowl patch on it, I went with Shockey. I’ll probably still wear my Drew Brees jersey most Sundays since it brought so much good luck last year, but the Shockey jersey is now in the rotation.

I second the hamburger vote. Shockey doesn’t bother me in the least, nor do I profess an undying love for the guy. He’s just the Saints current starting tight end to me.

Because of your personal animus towards Shockey you’re now going to recruit others on this site to slime him.
Auditioning for Mike Florio’s gig?

What is poor taste from a professional reporter is fair game on a fan site, which is what this essentially is. Here, I don’t believe there should be anything that can’t be questioned if it is believed to be for the betterment of our team. Shockey is good when he is healthy, but let’s be honest, how often has that happened since he became a Saint. I do give him credit for being better at minimizing the off season distractions since he joined the Saints (attending OTA’s and the like), but he spends an awful lot of time at much less than 100%.

Like fixing the featured poll to include DB, or other.

He played 13 out of 16 regular season games, which is more than 80%.
Chris Paul can’t even say that b/c he only played about 55% of the games last year!!

That’s really “’nuff said” at the one minute mark, but I’ll elaborate. Shockey can be obnoxious, no doubt, but he always seems willing to give more than he asks for.

With guys like Vick and Roethlisburger running around doing what they do, I’ll happily embrace Shockey and Ochocinco’s brand of jackassery.

Shockey’s injury prone, and that’s not going to change. But he plays hurt. He’s an Okie idiot, but no more of an obnoxious showboater than Lance Moore. He is no longer a team distraction after indoctrination by Payton and Brees.

He caught the game winning touchdown in the Super Bowl.

He’s mentoring the Graham kid, who is his likely successor.

Not much to complain about here.

2010 record in games in which Shockey started: 16-0, including Super Bowl win. Record without Shockey starting: 0-3. Okay, so there’s probably more to it than that, but let’s face it – the guy has not been disruptive, has been completely enthusiastic, worked his tail off and is deeply liked by Sean Payton. Brees loves him and he’s not afraid to give up his body to make a play over the middle. He’s given his all for the Saints and done so with a smile on his face the whole time. And he had pizzas delivered to all the floats before the victory parade. Shockey is good people.

be big enough to block and play the position, be agile enough and fast enough to run pass routes and play the position, and be resilient enough to run all around the field doing all kinds of things and stay healthy. It’s a hard position to be good at and stay healthy. When you do catch a pass (or drop or miss one) tthere are usually 3 – 4 helmets on you. Then there’s the DEs that you have to block .

If you pay attention you’ll see that on most plays not involving him, he seems to be the first guy to run up and either congratulate a fellow player or console that player if that player messed up. To me that’s teamwork and brotherhood and the kind of character that good teams need. He may be injury prone but he seems to fight through that and as long as he’s giving his all, that’s all you can ask for as a fan. If he sucked or lacked talent, then the injury thing would be more of an issue and you could not help but rather someone else be in that position who’s more productive and healthy; but the guy is awesome when healthy and still puts forth huge effort when not and combined with the fact that he is talented at the position, you have to have tolerance to the injury bug that seems to have bit him. Aside from injuries, I think we are lucky to have him.

“If he sucked or lacked talent, then the injury thing would be more of an issue and you could not help but rather someone else be in that position who’s more productive and healthy”

Agreed. This is why I never had a problem drafting Brian Westbrook in fantasy football. Boom (typical performance) or bust (injury) players are better than steady average players, imo. Only because those average players will get you a big fat zero sometimes, too. Conversely, they rarely (if ever) go off on a 250 all-purpose yd, 4 TD tear. At least with injuries, you’re going to have a red flag going into the next game. That’s where depth comes into play. Same thing in real football, to a certain extent. We have good depth at the TE position, so anything a potential stud like Shockey manages to muster up on a given week is just that much more firepower at a position we don’t lean on heavily as it is.

I love him because he’s a Saint. If he was on some other team, I wouldn’t care one way or the other. He plays hard and he plays hurt. I think great things happen when he’s on the field.

I love his attitude and excitement during the games. It gets me and I bet every other player on our team pumped up and ready to score more. He also gets along quite well with his teammates from what I’ve heard, even going to bobby Mac’s wedding (when Bobby wasn’t even part of the team anymore). I only remember one incident of Drew chewing him out, during the first year he was here (a third down play that he ran the wrong route on). He’s just a rough all out guy. That costs him in the injury department some, but helps a whole lot when he’s out there on the field. Got me a Shockey jersey too!

The difference with him in the game is so dramatic that our other tight ends should be embarrassed.

You gotta tolerate our guys. We let Grant and Will Smith do whatever they didn’t do; We forgave the ‘pharmacists’ this summer; We let Hartley drive dirty (Now any Saints fan will pick him up); Reggie Bush, Joe Horn, and Kyle Turley with their crazy antics. So sit his a$$ on the bench and let the next Saint shine! He might be scared of being replaced by the next TE star.

"Some play to see and be seen, Some play to say they have played, Some play to sleep and make money, But Saints go there to Win"

Too bad his salary isn’t fictitious.