It would be a serious case of I Told You So Syndrome to mention I didn't support trading for Shockey to begin with. But I wouldn't be a good blogger if I didn't mention it, so I told you so Saints. His injury problems aside, his being a cancer in the locker room aside, Shockey has put together one decent statistical season in this league.
Out for between 3-6 weeks for a sports hernia, it's safe to say he won't be a top tier tight end this year either. I move to another easy but necessary writing ploy. Voodoo references and the Saints are about as new and refreshing as the sketches at the Emmys Sunday night. But seeing the injuries this team is piling up, someone sticking pins into voodoo dolls is as plausible an explanation as any.
Marques Colston, one of the best receivers in the game, is out after thumb surgery. The Saints' already suspect defense has been victimized by injuries to Mike McKenzie and Randall Gay, who left Sunday's game. Leading receiver David Patten left Sunday's game with a strained groin and left tackle Jammal Brown injured his groin as well. If Patten can't return for Sunday, the Saints starters at wideout are Devery Henderson, Robert Meachem and Lance Moore. The only secondary in the league that should be scared by that trio is the secondary it practices against every week.
Man, 2006 seems like a distant memory, doesn't it?
Keywords: Jeremy Shockey, Marques Colston, Mike McKenzie, New Orleans, New Orleans Saints, Randall Gay
