Jimmy Graham demanding 12 million per season?

Cruize · 02-25-2014, 10:37 PM

Ask for the moon and stars................accept enoungh to build your own rocket to go see them.

Jack Vegas · 02-25-2014, 10:55 PM

Jimmy might be a great athlete, but he is not a great tight end (can't block) and is not a great wide reciever (can't beat a true #1 corner). Without Payton putting him in favorable matchups and Brees getting him the ball, he'd be just another great athlete TE with average production like a Jermichael Finley or Jared Cook.

He wants $12 million, go find it somewhere else. We won a Super Bowl with a broken-down Jeremy Shockey as the starting TE and a defense that wasn't even half as good as the one we got now. I'd rather spend that money locking up Jordan, Hicks, Galette and others long-term and start turning this into a run-heavy offense.

K Major · 02-26-2014, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by Jack Vegas

I'd rather spend that money locking up Jordan, Hicks, Galette and others long-term and start turning this into a run-heavy offense.

Agreed, but that is not who we are (run heavy) under the Sean Payton regime.

RailBoss · 02-25-2014, 11:26 PM

I guess this contract negotiation is the result of hanging out with Drew.
Get your money when you can, after all it is a business.

Kryptonite · 02-26-2014, 08:50 AM

Originally Posted by RailBoss

I guess this contract negotiation is the result of hanging out with Drew.
Get your money when you can, after all it is a business.

Might as well blame it on Obama as well...

foreverfan · 02-26-2014, 08:58 AM

Originally Posted by Kryptonite

Might as well blame it on Obama as well...

Please don't turn this thread into a political discussion.

TheOak · 02-26-2014, 04:08 AM

Steve Jackson lost his money?

Who do I hitch my cart to?
Garafolo - Graham wants 12m
Loomis - we are going to tag him as a TE.

It doesn't help that Jimmy keeps seeing the cap #s go up also.

halloween 65 · 02-26-2014, 04:32 AM

Do you know how many good players we could get with 12 million a year. Hell Byrd from Buffalo is no where near 12 million and he shows up. I would let him walk because if we tag him it's only going to pi$$ him off and I don't think he would show up at all. We have TE's that can do the job, put some money in to beef up the O-line. There are even a few really polished TE's in the draft, I'm certain we could get a deep threat reciever or two with that money and have cap space to boot.

Crusader · 02-26-2014, 06:14 AM

I love JG but that would be ridicolous.

dizzle88 · 02-26-2014, 07:37 AM

If he's really asking for that kind of money, I'd trade him on draft day for a couple 1st rounders

houston or oakland would easily give up their pick for JG

02-25-2014, 10:37 PM	#1
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Jack Vegas 1000 Posts + Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,254	Re: Jimmy Graham demanding 12 million per season? Jimmy might be a great athlete, but he is not a great tight end (can't block) and is not a great wide reciever (can't beat a true #1 corner). Without Payton putting him in favorable matchups and Brees getting him the ball, he'd be just another great athlete TE with average production like a Jermichael Finley or Jared Cook. He wants $12 million, go find it somewhere else. We won a Super Bowl with a broken-down Jeremy Shockey as the starting TE and a defense that wasn't even half as good as the one we got now. I'd rather spend that money locking up Jordan, Hicks, Galette and others long-term and start turning this into a run-heavy offense. Crusader, 73Saint, halloween 65 and 1 others like this.
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K Major Site Donor 2019 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Bedford, TX Posts: 24,853 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Jimmy Graham demanding 12 million per season? Originally Posted by Jack Vegas I'd rather spend that money locking up Jordan, Hicks, Galette and others long-term and start turning this into a run-heavy offense. Agreed, but that is not who we are (run heavy) under the Sean Payton regime. hagan714 likes this.

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Kryptonite DAMMIT BOY! Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Crestview, FL via S'port LA Posts: 197	Re: Jimmy Graham demanding 12 million per season? Originally Posted by RailBoss I guess this contract negotiation is the result of hanging out with Drew. Get your money when you can, after all it is a business. Might as well blame it on Obama as well... hagan714 and foreverfan like this.

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