I Hope Shockey Can Tackle!

    The addition of former New York Giant Jeremy Shockey was a big deal, according to ESPN.  And while I do agree to some extent, I cant help but wonder why this deal took as long as it did.  I also cant help but wonder if this time and effort spent on acquiring Shockey could have been spent on someone like Asante Samuel who would have easily been a more valuable piece to the puzzle.  I am excited to see the Saints upgrade at any position no matter what it is, but the upgrades most Saints fans would have wanted to see was on defense.  They drafted well, however, Sedric Ellis is young and unproven, meanwhile John Lynch and Lito Sheppard are out and about and possible options to compliment Gay and McKenzie.  The addition of Shockey is the equivalent of buying a nice expensive garden gnome(a garden gnome who is coming off of a broken leg) instead of fixing a giant hole in your kitchen floor.  The bottom line is this, anything less then an absolute blowout of Tampa on Sunday may start to create doubt early about the Saints off-season moves and that conversation starts and ends with Jeremy Shockey.