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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Originally Posted by burningmetal You need to stop following me around. You are entirely too concerned with me. I don't give a damn what you think. You are one of the most antagonistic people on this site, but you're too ...
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Re: Jimmy Graham......
Originally Posted by burningmetal
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Re: Jimmy Graham......
This is what irks me about the situation. Graham gets an fair offer to be the highest paid tight end. He turns it down. Fair enough. We let go several key players to make cap space to sign others to contracts, his being one of them. He makes posts that he is shocked and disappointed the Saints would make such moves. Then he files a grievance that would entitle him to be paid even more. Again fair enough. His grievance is denied and he has a disclosed amount of time to appeal. Now he waits until the day before the deadline to contest. Doesn't leave much time for further negotiations. Anyway I am fine either way. He will play and weather or not he signs or takes the tag money he has motivation to play to win. He takes the tag money and he will be trying to make a case for a bigger salary the next season.
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Re: Jimmy Graham......
Originally Posted by The Dude
Talk to his agent about it then. This is the world of high finance. The players do not play that game. They pay their experts to play that game for them. It is most likely that Graham's ass is chapped more than yours over this, but when he hired his agent he made a commitment to let his agent run all things contract related. That is the way it works.
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Re: Jimmy Graham......
I don't blame him for trying to maximize his earning potential and I don't blame the saints to try and minimize the same, that is the whole point of these negotiations. At the end of the day the saints will be a better team with Jimmy on the team even if that means he's becoming the highest paid tight end and some more. Both parties obviously know that and at the end of the day he'll still make less than what some other offensive weapons are making on the other teams even though they are less productive than him. Nobody brings up how he has been underpaid for these last few years and never said a word about it. The saints FO has reached a point where they address the team needs better than anybody else from both a personnel standpoint and a financial standpoint. We will be fine. Even if it's 11 plus mil a year with the cap going up and contracts getting ever more expensive each year, 2 years into his long term contract it will feel like a steal. We all cried about Drew taking all that money on his contract, now when u see what kap has made on his contract and what Matt Ryan and Tony Romo make I actually feel thankful. Who knows if hybrid players like Graham start commanding 14 mill plus in the next couple of years.
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Re: Jimmy Graham......
Yep; It's the talk all over the NFL Network... Not officially announced however
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Re: Jimmy Graham......
Espn reports 4yr/40M
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Jimmy Graham reaches 4-year deal Jimmy Graham, New Orleans Saints reach agreement - ESPN SportsCenter http://bit.ly/zzSpRY
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Re: Jimmy Graham......
So I am wondering if the OP still wants to toss out JG....talk about drama queen BS
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