Englishteacher
Footballguy
With the influx of great fantasy TE's like Vernon Davis, Heath Miller, the Soldier, Ben Watson, and the presence of veterans Todd Heap, Gonzo, McMichael, Crumpler, Witten, LJ Smith, and Cooley returning the position to the domiance of the era of Sharpe, Gonzo, Coates, Wesley Walls when there was almost a full lineup of TE 1 types for a 12 team league, has Jeremy Shockey's value peaked? About the only way I see him being "special" from here on out is if he increases his numbers to Super Elite TE numbers, having a Gates, Sharpe, or Gonzo type season.
Several things seem to be working against him in achieving this. One, the drops. He has enormous talent but still drops too many balls that he should catch. Can he get open? Yes. Can he stretch the seam and get deep? Yes. Can he do things after the catch? Yes. Would every team in the league love to have him? Yes. But, the simple fact remains that he gets a little too excited and the ball ends up on the ground too often for there to be a better chance at him getting the 10 to 25 percent increase in production to get what we'd be talking about. Second, it might be that if we haven't seen it yet we won't see it. Third, injuries, the super elite guys we were talking about rarely if ever got injured in their super elite seasons. Shockey has either been banged up or missed time in virtually every season. This would work against him obviously and the recklessness and aggression that define his play are not liely to disappear. Last, does he have the type supporting cast and team structure to get there? Well there is a good supporting cast on his team. Eli should turn into an elite QB some time, Burress is a skilled WR, Toomer a great vet, and Barber is a back that keeps the chains moving. However, are there too many mouths to feed in this offense? At least Gates and Gonzo were the number one receiving targets on their teams with only moderately productive veterans garnering much interest from their Quarterbacks, Eddie Kennison and Keenan McCardell. Looking forward to next year though, if Tiki Barber retires will we see more passing in NYG and will the production, yards and red zone opportunities spill over to Shockey? However, NY will still have a prime red zone threat in the behemoth Brandon Jacobs.
Weigh in with support for your vote for yea or nay.
Sorry for the confusion in the poll question, I provided a fair amount of analysis there and haven't had my coffee yet so I worded it very ambiguosly.
The real question, like I said in the thread title: Will Shockey ever have a super elite TE season? Yes or No?
My thoughts were he may he may have peaked as a very good option. Thanks for alerting me to this.
Several things seem to be working against him in achieving this. One, the drops. He has enormous talent but still drops too many balls that he should catch. Can he get open? Yes. Can he stretch the seam and get deep? Yes. Can he do things after the catch? Yes. Would every team in the league love to have him? Yes. But, the simple fact remains that he gets a little too excited and the ball ends up on the ground too often for there to be a better chance at him getting the 10 to 25 percent increase in production to get what we'd be talking about. Second, it might be that if we haven't seen it yet we won't see it. Third, injuries, the super elite guys we were talking about rarely if ever got injured in their super elite seasons. Shockey has either been banged up or missed time in virtually every season. This would work against him obviously and the recklessness and aggression that define his play are not liely to disappear. Last, does he have the type supporting cast and team structure to get there? Well there is a good supporting cast on his team. Eli should turn into an elite QB some time, Burress is a skilled WR, Toomer a great vet, and Barber is a back that keeps the chains moving. However, are there too many mouths to feed in this offense? At least Gates and Gonzo were the number one receiving targets on their teams with only moderately productive veterans garnering much interest from their Quarterbacks, Eddie Kennison and Keenan McCardell. Looking forward to next year though, if Tiki Barber retires will we see more passing in NYG and will the production, yards and red zone opportunities spill over to Shockey? However, NY will still have a prime red zone threat in the behemoth Brandon Jacobs.
Weigh in with support for your vote for yea or nay.
Sorry for the confusion in the poll question, I provided a fair amount of analysis there and haven't had my coffee yet so I worded it very ambiguosly.
The real question, like I said in the thread title: Will Shockey ever have a super elite TE season? Yes or No?
My thoughts were he may he may have peaked as a very good option. Thanks for alerting me to this.
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's advocate. He'd still have injuries and dropped passes as deterrents. I've read a scout, whom I have respect for, say that players aren't likely to improve their hands much once they enter the league. This was on an assessemnt of Travis Taylor, a guy with shaky hands coming into the league who's certainly never lived up to his draft billing despite having considerable phsical skills. 
