Former New York Giants large receiver Sterling Shepard is again on the town. Not as a Large, 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 rapidly because the 31-year-old Shepard was thrust into a bigger function after an harm to star wideout Chris Godwin and Mike Evans’ recurring hamstring points.
Shepard is absolutely conscious of what’s occurring along with his former crew, particularly with quarterback Daniel Jones, who he performed 5 seasons with. Jones was first benched on Monday and ultimately launched on Friday.
“I really feel for him, man, as a result of I understand how onerous the dude works. I’ve seen it firsthand and the way nice of a dude he’s,” Shepard advised the New York Submit. “And he can play ball, man, he’s a great ballplayer. It’s simply unlucky that is the way in which this enterprise goes typically. It’s good to you typically, however typically it goes the opposite manner and you bought to navigate by that.”
Shepard additionally mentioned he felt the Giants have been “a few items away from being a extremely good crew” after which was requested concerning the tradition now that he’s been in one other crew’s locker room.
“I feel there could possibly be possibly a bit bit of labor there,” he mentioned. “It’s simply completely different, in so many various methods and so many various 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 capable of talk and be hand-in-hand with the coaches, it’s simply plenty of various things I kinda picked up on being there for thus lengthy.
“Even all the way down to the coaching employees or the burden coaches and a number 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 facet of it.”
Shepard was not re-signed by the Giants as a result of they needed to get youthful and extra dynamic at large receiver, therefore the additions of Malik Nabers, Wan’Dale Robinson, and Jalin Hyatt.
Shepard didn’t see the sphere a lot in his last season with Massive Blue and commented on head coach Brian Daboll, who’s 8-19 over the previous two seasons.
“I don’t assume you go from being the Coach of the Yr two years in the past to only being a man that may’t get the job executed,” Shepard mentioned. “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 executed it earlier than and he did it early on so I don’t assume you simply go away from that.”
Whether or not or not Daboll may have that chance past 2024 stays to be seen.
