Can you possibly imagine how low it feels to get your football scoop from a website with an ad for “peppered beef jerky” on the home page? It’s low people; lower than low. Still, scoop is scoop, and we’re bound by the laws of Sainthood to share it. Of course, since we can’t substantiate said scoop, we’ll have to relay the message “7th grade style.”
7th Grade Chicks: “Did you hear that J.R. said that someone told him that Jeremy Shockey would sign with the Saints before the draft?
7th Grade Response: “For real? OMG!”
7th Grade Chicks: “Yeah, that’s what we heard. And when we heard it we were like ‘what?’ But then J.R. was like ‘Yeah, it’s true!’ And we were like ‘whoa!’”
7th Grade Response: “For real? OMG!”
So who is this mysterious “J.R”? He’s the announcer for WWE who has his own blog and his own BBQ products line called “J.R.’s Family Bar-B-Q.” Why you ask do we trust this man would have the slightest clue about what’s happening with our beloved Saints? Well for starters, he sells a gift bucket called “J.R.’s Big Nuts & Shirts” on his website. If you can’t trust a man who’d do that, then by golly who the hell can you trust?
Here’s how J.R. delivered the shocking Shockey news on his website:
“Reggie Bush was also at WM24 and was hanging around Snoop Dogg’s trailer most of the afternoon on Sunday. My sources tell me that the New York Giants are going to trade outstanding TE Jeremy Shockey to Bush’s Saints, prior to the NFL draft. Shockey is an Oklahoma kid from Ada who told me last week he was looking forward to playing for the Saints. If any NFL player was tailor made for the WWE, it is Jeremy Shockey and the Chicago Bears’ Dusty Dvoracek.”
His “sources” tell him that. The BBQ dude has “sources.” Nice.
Of course, we’ve heard this Shockey rumor before and we still continue to have mixed feelings about it. Personally, Shockey seems a little overrated in our book. Has he had some good years? Sure. But something tells us his best years are behind him. And while we like his fired up “Kyle Turley-esque” bad boy attitude, we also know that bad boys can lead to bad blood and chemistry disruptions on the team. We don’t need some egomaniac disturbing our offensive groove. Not to mention there’s no telling the long term effects of that ankle injury he sustained last season and how it could affect his ability to run clean routes and make crucial blocks.
If we get him, I doubt it would be the end of the world. But I don’t think we should give up a lot of money/key players for him. Besides, if the Saints are craving another set of “Big Nuts” on the squad, they could always turn to J.R for a mere $69.99.
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Really, I’m shockeyed. *** ducking *** don’t hit me, someone had to say it.
Maybe he said he’d sign with the Saints, that doesn’t necessarily mean they are asking him to. LOL!
thank you for using the bad shockey pun it took everything in me to resist!
I am down for this, so long as the Saints do not give up too much.
I’m having flashbacks of helmet throwing and furniture tossing inthe lockerroom. Is this the character we want?
i like a little turley tempter tantrum every now and again, so long as the goal is to get the team fired up to win as opposed to deflecting one’s own shortcomings..
If we have to do a “Raiders” and take the worst of the worst to get some Defense going, I’m all for it.
The title of this blog, the part not in parenthesis, was low.
Is this just a time filler, (not the best way to do it), because from what I’ve heard on the non-existent deal, (absolute silence), Tom Brady has a better shot to go play for the Dolphins.
well jake, i can only assume that your sources are about as reliable as the bbq man’s, so i guess we’ll just have to wait and see. what i can tell you is that the same story was also reported thursday in the dallas morning news, about 12 hours after i posted it, so i’m guessing it’s worth a little buzz, even if it is total baloney. stay tuned…
Actually, BBQ man’s sources are very, very probably first hand. Or about as first hand as it gets. It may or may not end up happening, of course, but there’s definitely some smoke here, and not all of it is billowing out from Snoop’s tour bus.
Jake, you’re talking out of your ass. Not to mention being extremely rude. Again.
Oops. The above comment was mine (Jake, now you know who to get all pissed off at. Again.) I was logged into Wordpress.com for some reason.
This couldn’t hurt the Saints. Isn’t the tight end now, Eric Johnson? He and Billy Miller each snagged two touchdowns last year but Shockey, if healthy, would be an immediate upgrade. It’s good to see J.R. has gotten into the business of football scoop — PFT better watch their backs!
Shockey will be a Saint mark it down. Also Keith Rivers will be a Saint. We won’t pick a CB in the first maybe in the later rounds. I do think the saints will be trading there 2nd for shockey so they will grab Tulane;s Matt Forte in the 3rd.
And i think Mickey Loomis is doing a great job! GO SAINTS! This will be our year!
I don’t know about Forte lasting until the third. I think he’ll be long gone way before then, quite possibly even before the Saints’ pick in the 2nd.
Good for him, but shame for us, because I’d love to have Forte on the team.
On the other hand, there’s gonna be a huge number of pissed off Saints fans if the Saints come out of the first 4 rounds with 2 offensive players and only 1 defensive player. ESPECIALLY if that defensive player is not a CB or DT, and the 2 offensive players are a TE and a TB. Wow.
Which isn’t to say it would be an objectively bad thing. Just unpopular. Very, VERY unpopular.
This conversation is making me all tingly inside.
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