Shockey would have been a distraction

Jeremy Shockey is still talking about the New York Giants, even though he was traded to the New Orleans Saints back in July.

He also says he wasn’t allowed to sit on the sideline with the team and he wasn’t invited to the Super Bowl parade.

“When it came time for the actual game, I was f***ed either way: if I went to the Super Bowl or if I didn’t,” Shockey writes. “I didn’t want to be a distraction. What good am I with a broken leg? The Giants already have cheerleaders – why would they need me? But I decided to go at the last minute. I flew myself out on a five- to six-hour flight in a middle seat. I couldn’t walk. I couldn’t do anything.

“Then the Giants wouldn’t let me sit on the sideline, so I sat upstairs during the game. I didn’t get invited to the parade or the party or the celebration, and that’s fine.”

Shockey also dispelled the theory many came up with after the Giants won the Super Bowl. Many said the Giants did it because they didn’t have Shockey as a distraction, which is something I completely disagree with.

“The thing is, people look at me like I act with that edge off the field, too. Come on, if I did that, I’d be in jail or out robbing a bank right now,” Shockey writes.

“I’m human like anyone else. So it’s not a good feeling if people view it that the Giants were better without me, that my attitude caused problems. That’s their opinion. Obviously, I don’t think it’s true. Look, I’m glad my teammates won everything.”

Shockey only seems to have a problem with the front office, not the players. I’m still a big Shockey fan and hope he does well in New Orleans.