One of our colossal regrets about the lead-up to Sunday’s Super Bowl is that Jeremy Shockey won’t be involved. If anyone could’ve livened up the drab pregame proceedings, it was the tattooed former member of The U.

But we’re not so sure that would’ve been good for the Giants on the field. One prominent NFL player, Tim Hasselbeck, said recently on Sportsnet New York (SNY) that the Giants are “relieved Shockey’s not around.” And some speculate that Eli Manning was the source of Hasselback’s claim.

Steve Serby of the NEW YORK POST recently checked up on Shockey, who is rehabbing his broken leg in Florida.

We find out that Shockey may or may not attend the Super Bowl, depending on doctor’s orders. He also talked to Serby about possibly sitting in the stands for the game: “I know in the stands I’ll be harassed.”

Perhaps he was kidding, or just concerned about putting weight on his fractured leg.

He hasn’t talked to his teammates in over a month, save one conversation with Antonio Pierce, because he said he lost his phone. And that he doesn’t want to be a distraction.

But that didn’t prevent the purveyor of NYC’s finest adult establisments from jabbing Serby and his ink-stained brethren :”This has to be a writer’s dream. Everything you all wrote, go back and look at it and see how many times you all were wrong.”