News: The New Orleans Saints are no longer pursuing New York Giants tight end Jeremy Shockey, according to a recent interview with Saints GM Mickey Loomis. "It's no secret we had some discussions with them and we just couldn't come to a conclusion on the right compensation," Loomis told Sirius NFL Radio. "But for the most part that's dead," he said of the trade talks. "I don't anticipate that being rekindled." The club will once again go with Eric Johnson as their primary option at tight end.WhoDatSay: We credit Loomis for not overpaying for Shockey as the asking price was simply too high. Unfortunately, that means one more year of the disappointing Eric Johnson. One more year of Eric Johnson tip-drilling balls to opposing secondaries. One more year of 4 yards per catch. One more year of frustration for Saints fans, but hey, we're used to it, when is the last time we had a good tight end? Hopefully the tight ends on our roster can combine for some production this year though.
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Hindsight is 20/20, but Olsen instead of Meachem would have made a difference here.
True dat, but like you said... spilled milk.
Great to see positivity, guys (!)
Last year was Johnson's first in the system, here's hoping he improves this year.
True dat again. But years in a system has little to do w/ stone hands. Let's just hope he was dropping all those balls because he was "overthinking everything else."
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