Saints acquire Shockey

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3498795

Sean Payton's persistence finally won out. The New Orleans Saints acquired Jeremy Shockey for a second- and a fifth-round draft pick in 2009, a source confirmed Monday.

The deal was first reported by FOXSports.com.

The Saints had been trying since February to acquire the disgruntled New York Giants tight end. First, they offered a second-round pick. Before the draft, they increased the offer to a second- and a fifth-round draft choice, but the Giants felt he was too valuable to lose until a few days before the start of their training camp.

As Payton and Saints general manager Mickey Loomis did their last few minutes of office work before heading to Jackson, Miss., for Wednesday's start of training camp, they received a call from the Giants saying that Shockey was theirs.

Even through the weekend, the Saints tried to broker a deal for Shockey. On Sunday, they tried to get in the middle of the Jason Taylor trade to see if there was a way they could make a three-way deal that brought them Shockey, according to multiple sources. Taylor went to the Washington Redskins for a second-round pick in 2009 and a sixth-rounder in 2010.

Shockey, 28, a four-time Pro Bowler, has 371 catches for 4,228 yards and 59 touchdowns during his six-year NFL career. He grew disgruntled with the Giants because he wanted to be more involved with some downfield passing. The Giants valued his run blocking.

Payton was an offensive coordinator with the Giants during Shockey's rookie season. He caught 74 passes for 894 yards that season.

as a Cowboys fan I am very happy that I don't have to see Roy Williams matched up one on one against Shockey anymore.  For some reason Parcells never saw that as a bad matchup.

This should help both teams...getting a 2nd and 6th rounder for him is pretty good and Shockey should help the Saints offense.

Bye, Bye Bozo..  .. Shockey was simply not worth the headaches anymore especially since we won the BOWL without him... Plus, the guy dropped a ton of passes over the years & a got a host of DUMB penalties as well. The only thing we might miss is his blocking but i'm pretty sure the combo of Matthews & Johnson will help pick up the slack in that area. Plus, our new starter, #89 -Kevin "Rambo"  Boss - has put on 20 lbs & has better hands to boot... Too bad Reese didn't pull the trigger on draft day. Although it was basically the same deal(a 2 & a 5), the Saints 2nd round pick was the #41 over-all. Which we could have used to take another talented linebacker or defensive lineman. Next year that pick could be 10-15 spots lower since most people feel the Saints will bounce back & have a very good season. Regardless, it's good to get this distraction off the team. Now it's time to give Plax his money & get ready to defend OUR title..  .. peace!