Shockey Traded To Saints

Jeremy Shockey, tight end of the Super Bowl champion New York Giants, has been traded on Monday to the New Orleans Saints for a second round draft pick and a fifth round draft pick in the 2009 NFL Draft. The Saints have expressed their desire to acquire Shockey in the past this offseason. They initially offered only a second round pick to the Giants for him, thinking that the Giants would accept because of Shockey's feelings toward the team. The Giants, meanwhile, thought he was too valuable to give up for only a second round pick. The Saints later offered a fifth round pick as well but the Giants still were not accepting the offer. The Saints stayed with the offer and were only going to acquire Shockey with that offer. The Giants finally gave in and accepted that offer. Shockey was a starting tight end for the Giants since his rookie season in 2002. Shockey was the starter last year until he broke his leg in Week 15 of the regular season against the Washington Redskins. Backup tight end Kevin Boss took over and the Giants offense flourished in the last regular season game against the undefeated New England Patriots and the four playoff games against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers, and the Patriots in the Super Bowl. Some have said that Shockey was upset to see the Giants succeed without him, while not succeeding with him healthy in years past. Does this trade work for both teams? Will the addition of Shockey make the Saints' offense the best in the NFL in the 2008 season?