hitta

Don't get me wrong, I think JG is an amazing player... but if you asked me if I'd rather have a top WR or JG... I'd go with a WR every time. Maybe trading him would open that up to us. -

Saintaintso

And without Graham ...

The Dude

I love Jimmy Graham. He has a great story, is a great locker room guy, and plays some damn good football. That being said as much as I hate to say it, it makes more sense to me to just trade him. He is injury prone because of the way he plays and I think signing him long term would be a gamble considering what we could get if we traded him.
If we can really get 2 first round picks, or even a 1st and 2nd and free up enough money to sign a few good, starting FA's I say we have to do it.
I just hope he doesn't wind up with a team like the Falcons or Carolina or god forbid SF.

ScottF

Jimmy and any other player can complain about the tag all they want. The PA negotiated it and signed off on the money being top 5. These players agreed to it; time to shut up and adhere to it.

The 'what-ifs' are fairy tales. Someone mentioned Graham could not sign it and sit out the year. How many players have done that? Vincent Jackson? Anyone else in 10 years?
OR, we could get two #1's for him. Again, how often has that happened?

We made contract offers, he said No, he got tagged. No surprise.

xan

Yeah, we don't need any other quality players than Drew and Jimmy, why not just give them all the cap and go home? we can take all the look squad LSU players to fill in the holes.

Let him walk.

Euphoria

I'd take 2 1st round picks as well. We could do a lot with them.

Schmohams

The only reason Jimmy is in a spot to "Get Paid" is because of Payton's system and Brees throwing the ball. The only other place that Jimmy might have a 1,000 yard season is with the Pats.