re: Mike Freeman: it's believed a handful of teams are preparing offers for Graham.

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Quite the game of chicken we're playing.

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It's heightened by the arbitrator position decision as well. That's $5+mil swing factor one way or the other. The last two times that has happened (Suggs, Finley) the team and player met in the middle. It comes down to your take on the arbitrator if you wanna risk it. Win it being TE and a long term deal becomes way more likely. Lose that and the Saints might actively try to move him rather than cope with a $12mil tag and no future assurance.