The Saints have traded 29-year old OT Jammal Brown to the Washington Redskins.  Brown missed all of last season due to injuries.  He played in 58 games (all starts) in his five years with the Saints.  The Saints will also send a conditional late round pick to the Redskins as part of this deal.  The Saints will get a 4th round pick if the Redskins win 9 or more games OR Donovan McNabb makes the Pro Bowl.  If neither of those things happen the Saints will get a third round pick from the Redskins.  The Redskins will also send the Saints a future 6th round pick if Brown plays in 90% or more of the offensive snaps in 2010 or he makes the Pro Bowl.  That’s not bad compensation for a player who missed the whole 2010 NFL season.

The Saints have acquired 27-year old TE Jeremy Shockey from the Giants for 2nd and 5th round picks in the 2009 NFL Draft.  Shockey has been a tad injury prone lately and he has some hard miles on his body, but, Drew Brees loves throwing to his TEs.  Shockey played in 14 games for the Giants last season and he caught 57 passes for 619 yards (10.9 avg) with 3 TD grabs.  He still has enough speed to stretch the seam of the defense and he’s still very hard to bring down when he gets a head of steam up.  Shockey has now played in 83 games in his NFL career and he has caught 371 passes for 4,228 yards (11.4 avg) with 27 TD grabs.  Look for Shockey to be worth the draft picks for the Saints as he will likely catch the 3rd most passes on the team in 2008.