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Shockey, talking to reporters between practices at New Orlean's mandatory mini-camp, said he has not participated in voluntary practices in his previous seven NFL seasons, but plans to do so this year to get better acquainted with QB Drew Brees and HC Sean Payton's offense. "I still haven't been here a year so I can mature a long way and tune up my game," he said.
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Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
Though he was third on the team with 50 receptions, Shockey, slowed by a sports hernia that ultimately required surgery, didn't have the kind of impact New Orleans envisioned even as Brees passed for the second-most yards ever in an NFL season. ... Meanwhile, Shockey seemed to confirm that excessive consumption of alcohol mixed with the desert heat in Las Vegas led to dehydration and hospitalization two weeks ago. "If you're halfway intelligent you can read what everybody wrote," Shockey said. "You know what they say, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. That's in the past. I'm looking forward to the future."
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