New Orleans Saints TE Jeremy Shockey will undergo hernia surgery, and the estimate is that he'll be out from 3-6 weeks.
This injury has supposedly bothered Shockey all season, which helps explain his slow start.
Fantasy Impact: This obviously hurts those who drafted Shockey quite a bit, as he was likely a TE1 on your team. Hopefully you've learned from his injury history and kept a quality TE2 on your roster, but if you haven't, then waiver wire guys like John Carlson have probably already been claimed. I'll make sure to cover some potential TEs in my week 4 WW section coming up tomorrow given this significant injury. Billy Miller will help fill the role, but given his involvement over the past couple seasons, don't expect too much.
One might think the loss of Colston and Shockey are a death blow to the Saints passing game, and while their losses obviously thin out the pass catching talent pool of the Saints, it's not like you should be benching Drew Brees now. Shockey wasn't a part of the Saints high-flying passing attack the last two seasons, while Colston has missed a couple games, and been limited in others with various ailments over the past two seasons as well. You can't expect the best of Brees in the next month or so, but he'll still be a solid QB1 that will make the best use of those around him. Expect Robert Meachem's role to increase as he stands the most to benefit from the absence of both the Saints' top receiving talents. Also expect Bush to continue getting lots of touches.
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