February 13, 2012
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    By Ryan Chatelain

    No Shocker here: Giants deal tight end to N.O.

    Photo credit: Game Face

    Who didn’t see this coming? Despite what was said publicly, it’s been obvious for at least six months that the Giants and Jeremy Shockey wanted to sever ties from each other.

    A deal to send the disgruntled tight end to New Orleans would have been completed by draft day, but general manager Jerry Reese refused to let the Giants sell Shockey at a bargain-basement price. For all his faults, Shockey, after all, is still among the most talented tight ends in football when healthy.

    This is the kind of trade that could work out well for both sides.

    Shockey will be reunited with former Giants offensive coordinator Sean Payton, now head coach of the Saints. He gets a fresh start and will instantly become an integral part in one of the NFL’s most explosive offenses.

    The Giants, meanwhile, receive New Orleans’ second- and fifth-round draft choices in 2009. Even more important, they rid themselves of a locker-room cancer and an on-field crybaby, one who many blame for stunting the development of Eli Manning.

    But one major question lingers for Big Blue: Is Kevin Boss truly a starting-quality tight end? Looks like we’ll find out.

    Photo by Getty Images

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