Former New York Giants broad receiver Sterling Shepard is again on the town. Not as a Big, thoughts you, however as a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who’re right here to face the Giants on Sunday afternoon at MetLife Stadium.
Shepard and the Giants parted methods this previous March after eight seasons. The previous 2016 second-round pick of Oklahoma caught on with the Bucs on a one-year deal, which on the time was seen as a depth transfer.
However that ended shortly because the 31-year-old Shepard was thrust into a bigger position after an harm to star wideout Chris Godwin and Mike Evans’ recurring hamstring points.
Shepard is absolutely conscious of what’s occurring together with his former workforce, particularly with quarterback Daniel Jones, who he performed 5 seasons with. Jones was first benched on Monday and finally launched on Friday.
“I really feel for him, man, as a result of I understand how laborious the dude works. I’ve seen it firsthand and the way nice of a dude he’s,” Shepard instructed the New York Submit. “And he can play ball, man, he’s an excellent ballplayer. It’s simply unlucky that is the way in which this enterprise goes generally. It’s good to you generally, however generally it goes the opposite means and you bought to navigate by means of that.”
Shepard additionally stated he felt the Giants have been “a few items away from being a extremely good workforce” after which was requested concerning the tradition now that he’s been in one other workforce’s locker room.
“I feel there may very well be possibly a bit bit of labor there,” he stated. “It’s simply completely different, in so many alternative methods and so many alternative ranges. When it goes all the way down to the small issues, what you are able to do within the constructing as a participant, the way in which you’re in a position to talk and be hand-in-hand with the coaches, it’s simply lots of various things I kinda picked up on being there for thus lengthy.
“Even all the way down to the coaching employees or the load coaches and a few of the completely different stuff that we do right here, it’s a distinction. . . I’m not saying the way in which that they do it’s dangerous as a result of it’s not. It’s simply completely different and I’ve gotten to see the opposite aspect of it.”
Shepard was not re-signed by the Giants as a result of they wished to get youthful and extra dynamic at broad receiver, therefore the additions of Malik Nabers, Wan’Dale Robinson, and Jalin Hyatt.
Shepard didn’t see the sphere a lot in his closing season with Large Blue and commented on head coach Brian Daboll, who’s 8-19 over the previous two seasons.
“I don’t suppose you go from being the Coach of the Yr two years in the past to simply being a man that may’t get the job performed,” Shepard stated. “I don’t consider that. I want him nothing however the perfect. I really feel like he generally is a coach that may produce wins. He’s performed it earlier than and he did it early on so I don’t suppose you simply go away from that.”
Whether or not or not Daboll may have that chance past 2024 stays to be seen.
