Dolphins finished 2nd in the Jimmy Graham sweepstakes

Trying to get Tannehill some jump ball guys like he had in college.

I had heard from the get go there saints were in talks with at least 2 teams about jimmy... nice to find out other team now.

I wonder what they were offering. If I had to guess, I would think Jimmy for Ellerbe and there 2016 1st round pick or their 2015 second round pick. Don't see us turning down their 14th pick. (Unless they wanted us taking on Ellerbe's full contract)

maybe it was pick 14...
maybe saints thought unger plus 31 was better.

I'd rather the first and unger

I'd take the 14th and move back to pick up an extra 2nd.

Maybe Pouncey and a pick? Is this a function of Ireland shopping at his old employers or just coincidence?

I could see it as a case of us calling for Unger and Miami called about Graham or maybe we called them for a comparison to what Seattle was offering.

It's always better to have a third party involved to drive up the price so this isn't shocking news and could still have evolved from one team asking about him(after we asked for their player) to us getting other offers to check his market.

And that could have lead to the Stills trade because we originally offered a(couple of) receiver. When Seattle got Jimmy instead we could have asked the Dolphins if they were interested in Stills (with a clearly downgraded offer from what Jimmy would have gotten us).

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*but the seattle talk just "evolved"*

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Exactly.

Just a total coincidence that Loomis and Ireland had strong historical ties to both of those franchises, and that's who finished 1-2 in the Jimmy Sweepstakes. One hundred percent coincidental.