re: Vernon Davis thinks Jimmy Graham should be paid like a WR

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This doesn't make him wrong.

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So you think graham should be paid like a WR?

Davis obviously has a motive

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Of course he does. And it has nothing to do with his upcoming contract negotiations.

The man is working on his brand alright.

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Birds of a Feather

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Vernon is lobbying to get himself more money and hurt the saints at the same time. It's win win for him. 

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smart, but dick move

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WTF was he on Shark Tank or something?

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Exactly.

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Jimmy will get what he deserves and then some when his contract come up.

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I think his contract is up, don't you?? Anyways, all this talk about cap space and all that shite. They just went out and signed Byrd to a huge deal and matched the Bush offer sheet as well as sign other players. Can't be to concerned about cap space. Look, Graham has been there how long now?? 3 seasons. And has quietly toiled while putting up ridiculous numbers because of his skill. Yeah, some of it was Brees throwing to him, but his freakish skills is what made it happen. People need to acknowledge that. I don't agree with him wanting to get paid like a receiver, but the Saints have used him like a receiver so you can't blame him for wanting to get what he can while he can. This is a violent, short game. You never know how long you got.

I agree Gronkowski is slightly better than Graham because he is a blocker, but that's it. Dude has shown to be injury prone. Graham is a better athlete. I don't know where you get Gronkowski has put up better crazier numbers than Graham because that's not true. Het set that record that year in the last game because Brady made sure he did otherwise it would have been Graham's record.(I think Graham would have broken that record last season had he not gotten injured in a couple of games) And though Gronkowski has lined up some at receiver, the bulk of that was going to jailbird Hernandez before he got put away. Hernandez wasn't a true TE.

but as I said I don't care if they pay him like a TE. Just do it because the guy deserves to be paid and not have this drag on. He didn't complain the time he's been here. Just went out and played ball. Just pay the man now and I hope this doesn't go into the season with him playin for the franchise minimum.

Graham has been and always will be a TE. He's one of the best TEs so he should command whatever salary he can. That being said, there's no way the Saints should be forced to give him top WR money because they used a franchise tag on him. The NFL considers TEs and WRs to be different positions. The Saints have always considered him a TE and I'm sure one can find several public statements where Graham referred to himself as a TE or did not contradict a reporter when he referred to Graham as a TE during an interview. There's no way the Saints should blow their budget to protect any TE, even Graham. The Saints should pay Graham top TE money but not top WR money. Period.