voodooido

In 2009 the Saints rushed for 2106 yards on 468 carries. Avg of 4.5 per carry
In 2013 the Saints rushed for 1473 yards on 391 carries. Avg of 3.8 per carry.

Balanced team. JG CAN NOT BLOCK

AsylumGuido

My god! Are you for real? And exactly why do those numbers have anything to do with Jimmy Graham? The offensive line, the fullback and the offensive play calling have far more influence in the running game than a TE. You do realize that Graham was split from the shoulder of the OT around 60% of the plays, right? Didn't think so ... or if you did you didn't realize the relevance. It is pretty damned difficult for the TE to be involved in the blocking game when the coaching staff has him out in that position.

In other words, the Saints ran a totally different offence in 2009 than they did last year.

Yes, here it comes again ...

Utah_Saint

In 2011 with Jimmy Graham as the starting TE, the Saints rushed for 2127 yards on 431 carries Avg. 4.9 yards per carry. That's the best year the Saints have had rushing since Payton and Drew have been here.

On top of that excellent rushing attack, Graham contributed 1310 yards and 11 touchdowns in the regular season.

That's balance.