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re: Jimmay Graham is a WR, not TE
Posted on 1/13/14 at 9:44 am to Midget Death Squad
Posted on 1/13/14 at 9:44 am to Midget Death Squad
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but it's not right to play him as a WR and expect him to be paid as a TE.
If you're comparing Jimmy to Dennis Pitta, Gronk, Clark, or Witten, hes the elite, best of the best.
If you're comparing Jimmy to AJ Green, or Megatron, not so much.
I think his agent should be careful with this.
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Posted on 1/13/14 at 10:01 am to elprez00
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If you're comparing Jimmy to Dennis Pitta, Gronk, Clark, or Witten, hes the elite, best of the best.
If you're comparing Jimmy to AJ Green, or Megatron, not so much
Good point, but he is in this conversation. Based on this season's ranking, he finised 13th in receptions, 15th in yards and 1st in TD's. Here is a comparison of him to top WR's this season:
AJ - 98/1426 14.6ypc 11td
Calv - 84/1492 17.8ypc 12td
Gordon - 87/1646 18.9ypc 9td
Ant Brown - 110/1499 13.6ypc 8td
DemThom - 92/1430 15.5ypc 14td
Jimmay - 86/1215 14.1ypc 16td
So compared to the top 5 wr's this season, he is somewhere within the average of all their completion stats, below their average for yards and ypc, above for TD's. I think by this he is not a "top 5 WR", but he is a top 10. I don't think he deserves WR franchise money, but he definitely deserves more than the TE one. Fair would be somewhere in between this, which is what I expect to happen. The problem is in franchise designation, and based on his utilization he is a WR. They can label him TE all they want, but if they don't use him as such then he simply isn't one.
Posted on 1/13/14 at 10:50 am to elprez00
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If you're comparing Jimmy to Dennis Pitta, Gronk, Clark, or Witten, hes the elite, best of the best. If you're comparing Jimmy to AJ Green, or Megatron, not so much. I think his agent should be careful with this.
I think you've missed the point.
The objective is to prevent the franchise tag and let Graham test the open market.
At the end of the day, on the open market he is going to get what he is worth. His "position" would be irrelevant at that point. His "position" only matters as it relates to the salary that would be required to franchise him.
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