Vikings TE Shiancoe tries to get back on track

**marstc09** · 08-11-2008, 09:15 PM

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-vikings-shiancoessanity&prov=ap&type=lgns

By DAVE CAMPBELL, AP Sports Writer

**Schutz** · 08-11-2008, 09:18 PM

I believe the article should have been named "Viking's TE Shiancoe hopes new hands come in mail soon".

**Garland Greene** · 08-11-2008, 09:36 PM

Was he ever "On track"

**Krumb** · 08-11-2008, 09:38 PM

It's bad because all you heard about Visanthe all off season is how hard he's worked and how much better him and Tarvaris have gotten , and after a pre season fumble everyone is going to write him off , I hope he can get it on track because the system we have in play is set up so a Tight End can get 40 - 50 catches .

**happy camper** · 08-11-2008, 09:42 PM

Not giving up on him yet.

**snowinapril** · 08-11-2008, 10:23 PM

I don't want to hear the word "tries," I just want him to do what a TE, that isn't one dimensional, is suppose to do.

**Purple Floyd** · 08-11-2008, 10:35 PM

Block
Catch the football
repeat

That is all I want to see.

**jmcdon00** · 08-11-2008, 11:32 PM

"Krumb" wrote:

It's bad because all you heard about Visanthe all off season is how hard he's worked and how much better him and Tarvaris have gotten , and after a pre season fumble everyone is going to write him off , I hope he can get it on track because the system we have in play is set up so a Tight End can get 40 - 50 catches .

Year
Team

G
Rec

Yds

Avg

Yds/G
Lng
TD
20+
40+
1st
FUM
2007 Minnesota Vikings 16 27 323 12.0 20.2 79 1 3 1 11 1
2006 New York Giants 16 12 81 6.8 5.1 16 0 0 0 4 1
2005 New York Giants 16 8 91 11.4 5.7 17 0 0 0 5 0
2004 New York Giants 16 5 25 5.0 1.6 9 1 0 0 3 0
2003 New York Giants 16 10 56 5.6 3.5 10 2 0 0 4 0
TOTAL 80 62 576 9.3 7.2 79 4 3 1 27 2
He did have the best year of his career last year. What did everyone think he was going from 81 yards to 1,000 overnight? Well I guess the Vikings did when they gave him that fat deal, but it was a little unrealistic.

**StillPurple** · 08-12-2008, 12:06 AM

We need a new TE. Period.

**hav0x** · 08-12-2008, 12:37 AM

You guys are being a little rough on him. He had a fumble in a preseason game, so what, mistakes happen thats what preseason games are for. As long as he knows he screwed up and wants to fix it then let him try. I mean 1/2 of our team had fumbles in that game, you can't just single shank out. If he keeps fumbling in the regular season then you have every right to harp on him.