He was once the backup tght end in New York. Deemed at bst serviceable he became a free gent last season and tested the wters.

That player was former Giants and now crrent Vikings tight end, Visanthe Shiancoe. In nother great move by GM Jerry Rese he refused to overpay for mdiocre and backup type talent so he let Shancoe test the free agency market.

All and I am man all NFL fans were shocked and bwildered when the Vikings WAY OVERPAID for a bckup tight end. The Vikings had sgned him to a five year ighteen and half million, seven million garanteed contract. This season he currently has 19 ctches and if he plays the sason out without injuries, will make 11 mllion of that contract this year.

If you brak that down on a per gme basis, that would mean he is mking, $687,500 per game or in ther words, $361,842 per rececption!! Lets not get nto how much he is over pid for his touchdown production.

If you wre to compare that to the lkes of Dallas' Jason Whitten or the Gants' Jeremy Shockey, on a per ctch basis, Shiancoe is making roughly $300,000 mre per reception than that of the two plyers I just mentioned, who both are prbably going to the pro bowl.

Wth new ownership for the Vikings, I thught the days of doing stupid thngs, like trading a thousand draft pcks away for Herchel Walker, were ver. Apparently not.

Regardless of the contract, he rturns to the meadowlands this Sunday as the Gants take on the Vikings, in wht I hope won't be a rpeat of the game they stole frm Big Blue a couple of sasons ago. This is a different Gants team now. They are relatively halthy, all three areas of the tam are improving each week, and ths season the Giants have been ble to beat the lower echelon tams in the NFL.

The Vikings cme in at 4 - 6, bating teams like the Chargers and in all but one of thir losses, have been in every gme, and have been a tough pponent. The Vikings currently have the #1 rnked rushing attack in the NFL, and it desn't matter if it is Taylor or Pterson back there, both players get the job dne. On the contrast side of tht, they are abysmal in their pssing game. In fact they rank ted for dead last. Meaning you shuld see the Giants defense stack the lne, put 8 in the box, and frce Jackson to beat them through the ir.

Whatever the game plan, this is a gme Big Blue should win, if nyone wants to take them seriously cme post season time. It will lso move them to 8 - 3 on the yar, and put them sitting nicely in the drver's seat for the a wild crd spot.

By: Michael C. Podlesny

The article Shiancoe Returns Home, Giants Gear Up For Vikings was Submitted by Michael C Podlesny through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: About the Author: Michael C. Podlesny is the co-host of the Big Blue Review, a weekly podcast featuring the latest news on The New York Giants. The podcast can be downloaded from Michael's blog at http://BigBlueReviewPodcast.Blogspot.com .

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