Giants miss Shock block at tight end

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Giants miss Jeremy Shockey's blocking ability at tight end
Published 8/18/2008 by Jim Jacobs at Giant Football Blog
... were things Pope didn't have to worry about. Now he does."My biggest mistake as a coach is I make assumptions that these guys might know or have been through some of these experiences and that happened a little bit (in the preseason opener)," Pope said. "There were a few unique things that happened and they just caught us by surprise, because when you look at these guys, they didn't play very much last year. "Primarily, in theory, we're basically starting over at this position." Continue

Giants Already Miss Jeremy Shockey
Published 8/18/2008 at FanHouse
... But here we are, one game into the preseason schedule, and their are already concerns about the tight end position. Maybe that's a stretch -- I wouldn't say the media are "embracing" Shockey, but there's no mistake that the Giants miss his veteran presence (sans all the ranting and raving, of course). ...