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Shockey Speaks... In Nawlins; Courtesy of NiteStare on SR
Topic Started: Jul 25 2008, 06:43 AM (54 Views)
BlueHeart
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Shock on his feelings about joining the Saints: “I’m very happy to be a New Orleans Saint. Obviously a l ot of people didn’t see this coming. There was a lot of rumors. I want to thank Mickey (Loomis, the Saints GM) and Sean (Payton, the head coach) for believing in me, bringing me here and giving me the opportunity.

Shock on what happened in New York: “I just think that Mickey and Sean wanted me more than New York. I think New York got a fair package. Hopefully New Orleans will have a really good package. It’s a very good situation.”

Shock on whether he thought the deal was going to happen: “Leading up to the draft, you hear a lot of rumor and speculation. My mother lives down in Texas, so she reads all the papers. I didn’t give up hope. Really at that time, I was just trying to get healthy. I had never had a really serious injury before in my life. I never gave up hope. I want to thank my agent Drew (Rosenhaus); he obviously helped make this thing happen as well. I wouldn’t say that I ever gave up. It was always in the back of my head, even after the draft.

Shock on whether he was surprised when it happened: “I was relieved. I wasn’t surprised. There were a bunch of rumors. The last thing I wanted was to go back to the New York Giants. slskw.gif If I had gone back to the Giants no matter what it would have been a circus. I’d have went up there if they’d have kept me, there would have been all of the rumors if they were better off without me, this, that. The last thing I wanted to do was be a distraction. That’s one of the reasons I didn’t want to go to the Super Bowl. I wasn’t healthy. They did a great job and I didn’t want to be a distraction to that team. If I went, I’m a distraction. If I didn’t go, I was a distraction. It’s the same thing if I had gone up to play for the Giants. I’m just very happy to have the opportunity I have in this city and with this team.

Shock on whether he’s misunderstood: “The people that know me as a person like Jon (Vilma) and several other guys on this team that I know, they’ll tell you that I’m not as wild and rebellious as some people say, but that’s the media. They build you up to knock you down and if you know me, you know me. If not, the rumors fly. You’ve probably heard it all. I’ve heard it all. What you see is what you get. I wear my emotion on my sleeves and I’m a true person. I ‘m not fake or fabricated to anybody.”

Shock on having to watch last year’s Super Bowl run: “Sometimes it’s good to sit back and watch. You want to be out there. The things that were written that I was unhappy, I never said anything in the paper, they just wrote their own thing, their own synopsis. I’m very happy for those guys up there, coaches, everyone. They did a great job and they deserved everything they got.”

The Video of The Interview
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cyberstorm
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He's not going to give it up on why he was really unhappy I guess.
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if Shockey was unhappy about his role in the Giants offense and the fact that he had to block more than he wanted to then he should picked a different position to play because in the NFL tight ends block a lot. Shockey was a featured player when he was back at the U and I guess he never got accustomed to the fact that there were better receivers on his team in NY and that he was just one of the 11..
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"....in the NFL tight ends block a lot."

Don't tell Antonio Gates, Tony Gonzalez, Winslow Jr., Alge Crumpler and some of the other TE's who are considered among the best in the league.

In our offense, TEs need to block.
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