Jeremy Shockey

'79 Saints said

He's not terrible... he's an injury-riddled, prima donna. I can think of several tight ends I'd give up a high draft pick and take over Shockey -Dallas Clark, Jason Witten, Antoino Gates... problem is, teams aren't willing to ship off those kind of guys, because they are competitive, productive and good people to have around.

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I wouldn't call him "injury-riddled"... he had a knee injury in 2003 (still made the pro-bowl that year BTW)... and broke his leg very late in the season this year. Not exactly injuries that'd I consider to be chronic problems at this point (or yet). He made the Pro Bowl in 3 of his 1st 4 seasons in the league. He is (physically) as good a player as any that you listed. The catch is, the guys you listed (as you said) don't just become available. There aren't that many players (much less TEs) in the NFL that possess great talent and are exceptional character guys to boot. On top of that... I have seen some of these so called "problem players" move to winning teams with good leaders... and they all of a sudden become quite as a mouse and everything is beautiful.

Just saying...