Saints trade Jimmy Graham to Seahawks

[Pugz]

In an NFL offseason already filled with shocking trades, the Seattle Seahawks appear poised to make the most significant deal yet.

The Seahawks have reportedly agreed to a trade with the New Orleans Saints that will see the team acquire star tight end Jimmy Graham and a fourth-round pick in exchange for center Max Unger and a first-round selection, according to Jay Glazer of FOXSports.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

What the fuck

 

[Giantmetfan07]

Holy shit. 

 

[Delirium]

This is a great trade for the Saints. We get a top 5 center, a 1st round pick, and we get Jimmy Graham's soft ass off our team. Mentally soft, physically soft, butterfingers, not a good blocker, celebrates each catch like a TD and celebrates each TD like it won the game. He'll struggle in Seattle with a run-first team and he's not a great blocker and Wilson will not be able to throw the same passes to him that Brees did. Mediocre trade for them, great trade for us. We don't need him at all but we do need draft picks and talent on the O-line.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

A lot of stuff is starting to come out about Jimmy and I have to say if true I'm glad he is gone.

 

[Delirium]

A lot of stuff is starting to come out about Jimmy and I have to say if true I'm glad he is gone.

No report is gonna tell me what I didn't already know about him.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

No report is gonna tell me what I didn't already know about him.

I mean we all knew, but I never knew it was so serious

 

[Pugz]

take it he's a douche?

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Yes, apparently had run ins with multiple players last year. Sean Payton designated him as one of the problems in the locker room

 

[Pugz]

he seems like he'd be an issue.

 

[RipCity32]

Well regardless of what kind of guy he is, the Seahawks just got a hell of lot scarier on offense.

 

[Delirium]

Well regardless of what kind of guy he is, the Seahawks just got a hell of lot scarier on offense.

I'd like to see if he'd be any better than Luke Willson. He'll be blocking a whole lot more, and he won't have a Sean Payton-designed offensive scheme to play in. Nor will he have Drew Brees as his QB.

 

[RipCity32]

I'd assume they'd accomadate the offense to better tailor his skill set. Cause he isn't a very good blocker at all.

 

[elusive]

I'd like to see if he'd be any better than Luke Willson. He'll be blocking a whole lot more, and he won't have a Sean Payton-designed offensive scheme to play in. Nor will he have Drew Brees as his QB.

lmao. Luke Wilson didn't even have a target in the Super Bowl and had less than 1/3rd of the production Graham had last season.
 
Love how the Saints fans are trashing him when he is a top 2 TE in the game, has the most receiving yards by a TE in his first five seasons in NFL history, has 40 red zone TDs since 2010, and had more receptions last season when he was split out wide than any Seahawks receiver had period. As much as I dislike Seattle, this is a massive move and he's is going to dominate as the #1 target in Seattle.

 

[Delirium]

I "trash" him because he's a big fraud. All those stats he puts up are deceiving when you don't factor in his huge number of drops and how soft he is. He could be twice as good as he actually is. People used to talk about him like he's Gronkowski. He's nowhere close. This isn't 2011 anymore. And he definitely won't be as successful in Seattle, sorry to burst anyone's bubble.

 

[elusive]

Luke Wilson dropped 10% of his targets, so I guess it's an upgrade...
 
Seriously, Gronkowski had one less drop last season with 7 more targets, you're blowing that out of proportion because in 2012 he had a high amount (and 3 in 2013).

 

[bosoxlover12]

Gronk's hands are overstated fwiw


But Graham will be PERFECTLY fine in Seattle. He isn't replacing Willson, he's replacing Lockette. He'll play the slot, he'll play on the outside. My guess is he'll only be inline when it's an obvious pass play

He's a decent blocker as a TE2, which is intended as a chip blocker. Hes a receiver, and a massive upgrade.

Seattle lost the Super Bowl because they couldn't trust their #3 WR. Now they can

 

[footballplaya52]

Gronk's hands are overstated fwiw


But Graham will be PERFECTLY fine in Seattle. He isn't replacing Willson, he's replacing Lockette. He'll play the slot, he'll play on the outside. My guess is he'll only be inline when it's an obvious pass play

He's a decent blocker as a TE2, which is intended as a chip blocker. Hes a receiver, and a massive upgrade.

Seattle lost the Super Bowl because they couldn't trust their #3 WR. Now they can

 
I'd argue they lost because they didnt trust the best runningback in the game lol

 

[bosoxlover12]

It was a good play. I don't care how good Marshawn is: down 4 with 40 seconds left, you don't run the ball when you have a poor run blocking TE as the only additional blocker, going against 8.

An 8 on 6 is a gigantic advantage to New England, and that's why Seattle threw it. But if Lockette went up strong, he would have gotten it. But he didn't, and it allowed Butler to get his body in there, and he picked it.

He can't do that if its Graham, or Kearse.

 

[footballplaya52]

It was a good play. I don't care how good Marshawn is: down 4 with 40 seconds left, you don't run the ball when you have a poor run blocking TE as the only additional blocker, going against 8.

An 8 on 6 is a gigantic advantage to New England, and that's why Seattle threw it. But if Lockette went up strong, he would have gotten it. But he didn't, and it allowed Butler to get his body in there, and he picked it.

He can't do that if its Graham, or Kearse.

 
I understand why they did it but still. why not go to matthews who has the size and had been producing in the SB.