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I've seen a few funny things from Jimmy Graham lately and wanted to stick them somewhere. Figured I may as well just start a new thread:
During OTAs Graham dismissed the idea that he can't be a blocking tight end -- at one point joking with a media member that "I could show you."
"Listen, man, I'm 270 pounds. I can block anybody I want to," he said, via 710 ESPN Seattle. "It's all about want-to. We'll see come this first Sunday."
So apparently you never wanted to block in the past? Okay. Kind of reminds me of the JJ Stokes, "I'm 6'5", I'm always open" comment.
"No. 1, with maybe multiple tight end sets, that's gonna just open it up," Graham told the Seattle Times. "These last couple of years for me, playing against guys who aren't concerned about the run at all. They know I will try to do a double move and run this go route. It makes it more difficult. So this will just make my job easier when it comes to the passing game."
And from the same article:
"Russ’s ability to extend a play is unbelievable. Out there in New Orleans, everything was about timing so when you hit that step, that ball is coming ... And now when you hit a step and look back, maybe he saw something and now he’s scrambling so there’s a second opportunity."
Sure, there's a second opportunity. But you're going to find that he misses a lot of first opportunities that Brees wouldn't. I don't think many people would go from NO to Seattle and think it was making their job in the passing game easier.
Don't get me wrong, Graham scares the hell out of me on Seattle. He's an elite receiving TE replacing a fringe receiving TE (Willson). But I don't think he comes close to putting up the kind of numbers he has over the past few years in Seattle's offense. I'm certainly not equating Graham and Zach Miller as talents, but Miller's numbers fell off a cliff when he went to Seattle (averaged 756 yards in his last three seasons with Oakland, 339 yards in his first three seasons with Seattle). I wouldn't be at all surprised if we saw a pretty substantial decline in Graham's numbers. Though it's worth noting Miller's TDs declined only slightly - though Oakland's offense was impotent while the Saints' has been robust.
During OTAs Graham dismissed the idea that he can't be a blocking tight end -- at one point joking with a media member that "I could show you."
"Listen, man, I'm 270 pounds. I can block anybody I want to," he said, via 710 ESPN Seattle. "It's all about want-to. We'll see come this first Sunday."
So apparently you never wanted to block in the past? Okay. Kind of reminds me of the JJ Stokes, "I'm 6'5", I'm always open" comment.
"No. 1, with maybe multiple tight end sets, that's gonna just open it up," Graham told the Seattle Times. "These last couple of years for me, playing against guys who aren't concerned about the run at all. They know I will try to do a double move and run this go route. It makes it more difficult. So this will just make my job easier when it comes to the passing game."
And from the same article:
"Russ’s ability to extend a play is unbelievable. Out there in New Orleans, everything was about timing so when you hit that step, that ball is coming ... And now when you hit a step and look back, maybe he saw something and now he’s scrambling so there’s a second opportunity."
Sure, there's a second opportunity. But you're going to find that he misses a lot of first opportunities that Brees wouldn't. I don't think many people would go from NO to Seattle and think it was making their job in the passing game easier.
Don't get me wrong, Graham scares the hell out of me on Seattle. He's an elite receiving TE replacing a fringe receiving TE (Willson). But I don't think he comes close to putting up the kind of numbers he has over the past few years in Seattle's offense. I'm certainly not equating Graham and Zach Miller as talents, but Miller's numbers fell off a cliff when he went to Seattle (averaged 756 yards in his last three seasons with Oakland, 339 yards in his first three seasons with Seattle). I wouldn't be at all surprised if we saw a pretty substantial decline in Graham's numbers. Though it's worth noting Miller's TDs declined only slightly - though Oakland's offense was impotent while the Saints' has been robust.
