{"id":11991,"date":"2014-10-12T10:02:08","date_gmt":"2014-10-12T14:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=11991"},"modified":"2014-10-12T10:02:08","modified_gmt":"2014-10-12T14:02:08","slug":"jimmy-graham-to-miss-2-3-games-with-shoulder-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2014\/10\/12\/jimmy-graham-to-miss-2-3-games-with-shoulder-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Graham to miss 2-3 games with shoulder injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_6266\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6266\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/10\/graham.jpg\" alt=\"Getty Images \" width=\"594\" height=\"389\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6266\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/10\/graham.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/10\/graham-300x196.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/10\/graham-50x32.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe New Orleans Saints are on a bye in Week 6. When they return to the field tight end Jimmy Graham is not expected to join them.<\/p>\n<p>Graham will need another 2-3 weeks to recover from a shoulder injury according to multiple reports including NFL Network&#8217;s Ian Rapoport.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Saints?src=hash\">#Saints<\/a> star TE Jimmy Graham expected to miss 2-3 weeks after the bye with a shoulder sprain, source says. Likely out vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lions?src=hash\">#Lions<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Packers?src=hash\">#Packers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/521278379702902784\">October 12, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Saints have contests against Detroit and Green Bay after their bye. The absence of Graham would leave the likes of Ben Watson, Josh Hill, and Tom Crabtree filling in at tight end.<\/p>\n<p>Fantasy Impact: There is no impact for this week. Graham an company are on a bye. Given the conditions it may be best to hold him for now in case something changes. Those pressed with a need for roster spaces will have to make a tough decision. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Orleans Saints are on a bye in Week 6. When they return to the field tight end Jimmy Graham is not expected to join them. Graham will need another 2-3 weeks to recover from a shoulder injury according to multiple reports including NFL Network&#8217;s Ian Rapoport. #Saints star TE Jimmy Graham expected to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[423,38],"coauthors":[4],"class_list":{"0":"post-11991","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-jimmy-graham","9":"tag-new-orleans-saints"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11991"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11992,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11991\/revisions\/11992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11991"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=11991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}