"New Orleans Saints tight end Jeremy Shockey said Wednesday at Heath Evans' charity softball game at Zephyr Field that he intends to be a frequent participant during the Saints' offseason program again this year after spending most of his offseason in New Orleans last year, too.

In past years with the New York Giants, Shockey preferred to stay in his college town of Miami for most of the offseason. But last year he said he wanted to make a commitment to spend more time working with quarterback Drew Brees and the rest of his teammates."