Saints and Seahawks working on Jimmy Graham trade!

[The Football Guru 210]

Per Fox Sports. C Max Unger and draft picks going to New Orleans.

 

Linkage as soon as I can find it.

[IMMensaMind 459]

Wut?

 

Amazing. How do they have the room to do that and keep enough parts?

[Marshall 98]

Whoa!!

 

Danny Kelly @FieldGulls · 7m 7 minutes ago

Glazer just slammed the domino down and broke the table in half

 

[Big Blue 06 195]

For a first, 4th and max Unger. Wow!

[Mike FF Today 607]

From Jay Glazer...

 

"Saints and Seattle have now agreed on trade sending jimmy graham and a 4 to Seattle for max Unger and a 1st"

[Big Blue 06 195]

Thank you to whatever mod combined thee threads. Big trade, I think the Seahawks got much better.

[Flyfreak 84]

Insane!

[Mike FF Today 607]

Thank you to whatever mod combined thee threads. Big trade, I think the Seahawks got much better.

 

[Big Blue 06 195]

At what point does Bree's just quit on this team?

[ralphster 274]

holy hsit!

[Vikings4ever 496]

Looks like the Saints are taking a 9 million cap hit trading Graham.

[NEWPOSTERGUY! 266]

- complete fallout from the game ending Super Bowl int ...

 

... next time they have this beast to chuck it to -

 

blockbuster move for rahrah Petey and St. Russel

[ralphster 274]

I remember the LoB getting mouthy w Graham last year wasn't it? Now they get to push him around the locker room..

[tanatastic 2,061]

Wilson cannot be drafted any lower than 4th qb off the board now. He was already a beast last year with no one to throw to. He takes Drew Brees spot effectively.

[Marshall 98]

I remember the LoB getting mouthy w Graham last year wasn't it? Now they get to push him around the locker room..

 

Hehe. You mean this?

Mina Kimes @minakimes

the only time Ive ever seen Jimmy Graham play was in Seattle. BRUCE IRVIN TOOK HIS BALL AND PUNTED IT AWAY.

Mike Sando, ESPN.com @SandoESPN

Win for Jimmy Graham in that he no longer has to face @Kam_Chancellor and those guys in game situations (although practices intense enough).

 

 

[Sho Nuff 719]

Thank you to whatever mod combined thee threads. Big trade, I think the Seahawks got much better.

 

Graham helps for sure.

But losing Unger with a line already having a few issues.

Definitely helps WIlson...but Grahams value takes a hit.

[Vern357 15]

 

Graham helps for sure.

But losing Unger with a line already having a few issues.

Definitely helps WIlson...but Grahams value takes a hit.

I think that is the heart of it. Overall though its a fanatisically smart move. 3rd downs now become much harder to defend.

 

Gotta be a bummer for luke wilson though, I was kinda thinking he was just starting to come into his own.

 

Now all we have to do is draft an offensive line.

[weepaws 2,452]

Awesome . Time to look at that TE ff list now . Work to do

[BunnysBastatrds 1,908]

This was a great trade for the Saints. Gives them much needed cap room, adds a prow bowl center (that was a glaring need), and another first round draft pick. Great move for Payton and Loomis.

 

Congratulations Seattle. You just acquired another teams problem. Graham plays poorly against good defenses. Most teams have learned that jamming him at the line and disrupting his routes frustrates and takes him out of his game. Just ask your defense. They did a pretty good job of it. Also, your division has very good defenses. But I don't need to tell you that. He's an average blocker at best. That doesn't bode well for a running team like Seattle. He also has a shoulder injury that should have been operated on last year but he elected to not have it done.He tested it in the Pro Bowl and said after the game he shouldn't have played and maybe should have had the surgery. He still hasn't had the surgery. He's one fall from being out for the year. He also doesn't play well with pain.

 

Enjoy your ten million dollar man. The only reason the Saints signed him to that ridiculous contract was their Super Bowl window was closing fast and they thought last year was the year. They had no intention of keeping him this year.

 

Great trade for the Saints.

[Mike FF Today 607]

Official: Seahawks trade C Max Unger and 2015 1st-round draft pick (No.31) to Saints for TE Jimmy Graham and a 2015 4th-rd draft pick.

[Kopy 489]

Graham is 10 mil a year. Cutting miller, unger part of the deal, and not paying for a first rounder makes the money just about a wash. Good job Schnieder.

[jerryskids 5,169]

The Cards can't stop a crappy TE, so as a fan I disapprove of this trade.

[Djgb13 2,338]

Good trade but where the saints were a passing team the Seahawks are a running team. Would not expect the same elite fantasy numbers from graham that he has had in the last few years

[Flyfreak 84]

Good trade but where the saints were a passing team the Seahawks are a running team. Would not expect the same elite fantasy numbers from graham that he has had in the last few years

jimmy loves seattle

[uwmalcolm 73]

Graham is 10 mil a year. Cutting miller, unger part of the deal, and not paying for a first rounder makes the money just about a wash. Good job Schnieder.

I've seen Graham's cap hit as 8/9/10 mil the next three years (it was 13 last year). Cheaper than Julius and doesn't hurt what should be good compensatory picks next year for losing FAs like Maxwell.

[Super Cubs 132]

As a Brees owner this kind of sucks.

[wazu 14]

As a Brees owner this kind of sucks.

 

Gonna suck more when he gets traded to the Jags.

[Voltaire 4,554]

 

Gonna suck more when he gets traded to the Jags.

WIthout Graham, it's no contest; the Jags for sure have a better pass catching crew than the Saints do.

[Dueces Will Be Wild 15]

For those in dynasty leagues, you might want to consider looking at Josh Hill on the Saints now that Graham is gone. He's fast for a TE (4.6 40) and good after the catch. His role might increase considerably next year. I'm not saying Graham #'s but decent production in 2015 and he's still developing.

[Marshall 98]

It sounds as if Graham was as totally surprised as the rest of us:

 

Were you surprised the Saints traded you? “It was definitely shocking. I had worked out in the morning, and I’m actually a pilot, so I took the plane to get some food, so I was actually on a beach down in Florida when I got the call from Sean Payton letting me know that I had just been traded. I was just working out and kind of doing my offseason thing, and next thing I know I’m a Seahawk.”

On if he had any thoughts that the Saints might be interested in trading him: “No, not at all really. I would say about a month ago, maybe not even a month ago, I was in the city and saw Mickey (Loomis) and was talking about next season with Mickey. Even when the season ended, just talking with the coaches, talking about what we’re going to do, what we’re going to work on, so it was definitely out of left field.”

 

Read (and/or listen to) the remainder of a truly interesting interview here: http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/seahawks/newest-seahawk-jimmy-graham-speaks/

[dehaven123 31]

i think this is a solid move for Seattle.

i have begun to worry about the durability of Graham though.

his YPR has fallen off a bit, too.

graham's prospects notsogood for FF, but good for Sea overall.

big bump for wilson.

[Mike FF Today 607]

Nice writeup by Colby Cavaliere on Graham's fantasy outlook in Seattle.

[Marshall 98]

Nice writeup by Colby Cavaliere on Graham's fantasy outlook in Seattle.

 

You're right - that is a nice write-up. Thanks!

[LunaTick 29]

Wut?

 

Amazing. How do they have the room to do that and keep enough parts?

 

When your on a seriously contending team that maybe set up to have a run. Players will take a little less if it increases the chance for a ring. Especially if they can also get ad deals to sell things. Like insurance for instance. The biggest names in the game have always gained most of their money from endorsements.