Saints interested in reunion with Jimmy Graham

saintsfan1976 · 03-06-2018, 04:37 AM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

Not sure what a "worss" is. And he never held out for record money. Get your facts straight. The NFLPA used his declaration as a TE as opposed to a WR to present a test case to the league. It had nothing what so ever to do with any record breaking attempt at anything.

And, no, the precipitous drop had everything to do with being misused by Seattle.

Graham wanted more money than the TE franchise tag. Fact. And being tagged as a WR meant about $5M more at the time. Fact. So no, the NFLPA didn’t dream up the scenarios. JG held out or fought for more money than the Saints wanted to pay him. In the end he became the highest paid right end in history. Fact!

Worth it? I thought so. JG was historic at his position. But he faded at the end the very next season.

And no, Seattle couldn’t get the most out of Graham and it cost Darrell Bevell his job.

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saintsfan1976 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Atlanta Posts: 10,996 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Saints interested in reunion with Jimmy Graham Originally Posted by AsylumGuido Not sure what a "worss" is. And he never held out for record money. Get your facts straight. The NFLPA used his declaration as a TE as opposed to a WR to present a test case to the league. It had nothing what so ever to do with any record breaking attempt at anything. And, no, the precipitous drop had everything to do with being misused by Seattle. Graham wanted more money than the TE franchise tag. Fact. And being tagged as a WR meant about $5M more at the time. Fact. So no, the NFLPA didn’t dream up the scenarios. JG held out or fought for more money than the Saints wanted to pay him. In the end he became the highest paid right end in history. Fact! Worth it? I thought so. JG was historic at his position. But he faded at the end the very next season. And no, Seattle couldn’t get the most out of Graham and it cost Darrell Bevell his job. SmashMouth and Beastmode like this.
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