Schmoopy1000
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We don't have access to the CBA, however it has been extremely widely reported from every credible source that that is what it says.
by his agent?
We don't have access to the CBA, however it has been extremely widely reported from every credible source that that is what it says.
If that were the case why haven't teams done that? He was their leading receiver, surely someone should have tried to shut him down...
He poses mismatches, and he does so lined up at WR. He'd shred most corners even more easily because he wouldn't need any separation to beat them.
Per the CBA, it isn't his "role" that matters, it's where he's lined up. Where he's lined up is at WR.
We don't have access to the CBA, however it has been extremely widely reported from every credible source that that is what it says.
Ok, apparently we do have access.
I will still cede to the multiple sources that have stated that that is included over reading through 300 pages to find it.
The league’s release even quotes the relevant language from the Collective Bargaining Agreement, which states that the tender will be based on “the position . . . at which the Franchise Player participated in the most plays during the prior League Year.”
Where in the CBA does it specify that a tight end is someone who is squatted down outside the tackle prior to the ball being snapped? The dude is a TE or he wouldn't be in the league. He'd get dominated by a number 2 corner on any team in a real receiver slot.
I don't know if "dominated" is the right term but he would most definitely not have the stats.
This isn't accurate. If teams could defend him effectively with a corner, they would put a corner on him.
Hmmm, I remember a certain team from New England using corners to keep him completely out the game. 0 stats for that game.
This isn't accurate. If teams could defend him effectively with a corner, they would put a corner on him.
Except for the fact the corner actually needs to defend the #1receiver rather then a tight end. Watching Graham play the Seahawks, I wasn't impressed.
Graham was their number one receiver, statistically. He's most certainly more of a weapon than anyone but colston. If he could be effectively defended with most corners, teams would put a corner on him.
You got to wonder if that was because the Saints WRs where covered by corners and Graham wasn't.