Question #31: Sinner to a Saint?
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OK, so I was inspired to use that headline by the excellent editors at Newsday, who used a similar vein on their back page about recently-traded Giants TE Jeremy Shockey. For some reason, I like it.
Anyway, I wrote about Shockey in today’s Journal News, and the gist of my opinion was that regardless of what you think about the Giants’ skill level without Shockey – you could argue they’re better off with or without him, I think – the team made a strong decision to pull the trigger on a deal now, instead of allowing this saga to stretch into training camp.
Anyone out there agree?
Sad to see Shockey go?
Judging by the reaction in this story, it doesn’t seem like too many G-men fans are shedding tears over Shockey’s departure. Then again, they might still be mourning their lost dollars after the whole PSL disaster …
I’m not a diehard Giants fan, altho I do follow them and watch their games if they happen to be on the tube. My dad tho – is a big time Giants fan and he personally wasn’t all that tearful with Shockey’s departure. I believe his words were something to the effect of “Good riddance” if I recall correctly. Shockey was injured or ineffective more often than useful so I don’t see any Giants fans shedding a tear. From what I can gather about Shockey from my dad, his adjective describing Shockey came down to “whiner”. And considering they won the Superbowl pretty much without any significant contribution from Shockey last year, I don’t see how this adversely affects the G-men.