Saints' Brees, Shockey
connect at practice
Jul/24/08 06:10 PM Filed in:
Jeremy
Shockey
After today's morning
practice, the first of the 2008 New Orleans Saints
training camp, quarterback Drew Brees recounted
his getting the news that the team had acquired
high-profile tight end Jeremy Shockey earlier in
the week.
"I was a little shocked, no pun intended," said Brees,
who had thought that trade talks with the New York
Giants had died down after the Saints' minicamps.
"I certainly am looking forward to the opportunity to
get to know him a little bit out here and get to know
him as much as we can as far as building that
relationship."
The quarterback targeted Shockey on a number of
occasions. In the first one, a short out route on the
right side, the former Giant went down on one knee to
snag a low pass from Brees and the crowd let out a
modest cheer.
Shockey started the morning running individual drills
with a coach and proceeded to run with the first,
second and third offensive units. He also caught the
last pass of the morning, a short flare to the right
from Tyler Palko that Shockey took 10 yards before
receiving a hard hit from linebacker William Kershaw.
(clarionledger.com)