Sorry Volorn, but you're just completely wrong again, and most people around football would agree. Winning teams don't have guys complain to the media everytime he doesn't agree the gameplan. Coughlin is a proven winner, and so was Fassel when he was with the Giants, what happened, whining players turned the fans against them. The Giants have Tiki Barber, Plaxico Burress and Shockey, and only one ball, good teammates understand and know that their time will come.
And, yes this is sort of a golden age for the position of TE. The reason Shockey makes the probowl has just as much to do with playing in New York and having their fans in his jock then anything else.
Cooley, Smith, and Whitten, and Shockey all play in the NFC East and all are probowl calibur, thats just one division in football.