Should we resign Jeremy Shockey?

[rmoneyg35]

I found an article from a website called footballauthority.com Here is the link

It pretty much says that Shockey may not be available to us if he wants a multi-year deal and that we might decide to draft a TE if he doesn't resign. I also didn't know that we paid him 3.2 million to sign with us, I honestly thought it was a vet min or maybe about a million dollar contract. The article also says that the Tight Ends helped Cam out a lot and that we have no #2 if Shockey leaves. They say Hartsock is a blocker which I agree and Barnidge has only caught 12 passes. I do think Barnidge has a lot of potential with our offensive coordinators appreciation with tight ends I mean does anyone remember how Barnidge can make the big plays?

Anyways since news is kinda slow right now why not discuss what you think about the Shockey Situation?

I say re-sign him if we can get a 1 year deal for a good price otherwise give Barnidge a chance. Worst case scenario is that he is an average TE so we won't loose too much and I don't think we should draft a TE unless its in the late rounds because we need to fix our defense. I don't think a number 2 tight end is going to be what is the difference between us being a winning and a loosing team.

[rayzor]

absolutely. the dude was as solid as you would want for a TE, but where he is the most valuable is from his fire. we need more people like him on the team.

[The_Mango55]

Shockey was a first round pick and a 4 time pro bowler, I don't know why people thought we were paying him the veteran minimum.

Anyway yes, we should make every effort to sign him.

[jtnc]

If he wants a multi-year deal no way, too injury prone for that.

[rayzor]

i'd give him a 2 year deal with a 3rd year option w/ lots of incentives and protection against injury.

[Panthro]

yes

[rmoneyg35]

If he wants a multi-year deal no way, too injury prone for that.

I don't think hes that injury prone I mean yes he has missed about 3 games every season but he plays hard and Tight ends can last a long time look at Gonzo.

in the past 10 years he has only had one season where he missed more than 5 games and that was his second season. then he played 15 games the next three seasons then 14 games then he switched to NO where he only played 12 games then 13,13 and then played 15 here. I don't know if he sat out any of the last games of the season on years he played for a play off team. I must say not too bad for a physical TE that takes a lot of hard hits.

[Darth Biscuit]

No question... I'd give him a two-year deal in a heart beat. In a lot of ways he out played Olsen this season.

[rmoneyg35]

No question... I'd give him a two-year deal in a heart beat. In a lot of ways he out played Olsen this season.

I agree. It seemed that Olsen dropped off the last few games. Maybe he was playing injured but in the last 5 games he had only 5 catches for 68 yds. and 1 td. the last three games he only had 2 catches for 15 yards. WTF happened to him? If he wants to be the #1 TE on the team then he can't play like that. I have a feeling that we will have another TE if Barnidge doesn't work out next season.

[Paintballr]

He had a lot of fight in him and was a spark for the offense and team this year. That alone should get him re signed after last year when it seemed smitty was the only emotional on offense.

[Proudiddy]

I believe I was the first here to make a thread saying we should re-sign him early in the season... From everything that I've gathered from what Rivera has said, and IIRC, what JR said about Shock as a teammate/leader, then, I believe we should and will re-sign him.

[rmoneyg35]

I believe I was the first here to make a thread saying we should re-sign him early in the season... From everything that I've gathered from what Rivera has said, and IIRC, what JR said about Shock as a teammate/leader, then, I believe we should and will re-sign him.

I believe that we need to have great leaders to help lead our young team when they need it. I think a good mix of young talent and veteran leadership can pay off big. Look at teams like the Packers last year they had a lot of young talent but had a few good leaders like Driver, Woodson, Clifton, Ect. We can be that team if we can play our cards right.

[CRA]

We need a younger Shockey. Olsen/Barney are more pure WR options.

[Darth Biscuit]

TE is becoming more and more a position of great importance in the NFL... look what NE and NO do with those guys... guys like Gonzalez and Gates paved the way and now you have TE's leading the way. I'm glad we're getting away from the old Panthers way of ignoring the TE's.