Saintman2884
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Henry Childs, was likely the first great, consistent TE in Saints history up until that point. Jeremy Shockey had a few decent-to-good seasons here, but by the time he arrived here from New York, he had just recovered from a bad ACL injury, and his best days were sort of behind him. From 2002-midway through 2007 season, Shockey was likely the NFL's best overall TE, alongside Antonio Gates and I think if he hadn't suffered his season-ending injury in 2007, and continues playing at a high level, he's probably in HOF, right now.For a team dating back to the 60s, we do have terrible TEs most of our history. Other than JG when he was here, I can't think of any very good TEs we have ever.
Wesley Walls doesn't have his outstanding career here in New Orleans that he ended up having in Carolina from the mid-90's-early 2000'w. He saw the preliminary handwriting on the wall for the Mora regime a year earlier and knew it would be more beneficial for the success of his career if he decided to sign as a FA with an up-and-coming, young and talented Carolina Panthers team. Ben Watson and Jared Cook both extended their respective careers by being apart of some very good, prolific passing offenses helmed by a future HOF QB.
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