{"id":9308,"date":"2014-03-01T11:31:37","date_gmt":"2014-03-01T16:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=9308"},"modified":"2014-03-01T11:31:37","modified_gmt":"2014-03-01T16:31:37","slug":"saints-use-non-exclusive-franchise-tag-on-jimmy-graham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2014\/03\/01\/saints-use-non-exclusive-franchise-tag-on-jimmy-graham\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints use non-exclusive franchise tag on Jimmy Graham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/01\/jimmygraham.jpg\" alt=\"jimmygraham\" width=\"594\" height=\"395\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8669\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/01\/jimmygraham.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/01\/jimmygraham-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/01\/jimmygraham-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><br \/>\nThe New Orleans Saints slapped Jimmy Graham with the non-exclusive franchise tag.<\/p>\n<p>Under terms of the non-exclusive franchise tag, Graham is able to speak to other teams about a deal. If they reach a deal the Saints then have the option to match it or the Saints can let Graham go for two first round picks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Saints slapped <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheJimmyGraham\">@TheJimmyGraham<\/a> w NON-exclusive tag, creating more drama. Any team can sign Graham for 2 1st picks or Saints can match<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Mortensen (@mortreport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mortreport\/statuses\/439769178716012544\">March 1, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even as Graham shows freakish skills that scenario is not going to happen.<\/p>\n<p>Worse for both sides is the Saints still contend that Graham is a tight end while where he lines up falls in line with a traditional wide receiver. A showdown is looming as Graham will contest and argue that he is a wide receiver. <\/p>\n<p>As a tight end Graham would earn $7.035 million in 2014 while as a wide receiver he would make $12.312.<\/p>\n<p>Graham, 27, caught 86 passes for 1,215 yards and 16 touchdowns for the Saints in 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Orleans Saints slapped Jimmy Graham with the non-exclusive franchise tag. Under terms of the non-exclusive franchise tag, Graham is able to speak to other teams about a deal. If they reach a deal the Saints then have the option to match it or the Saints can let Graham go for two first round [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[426,423,38,216],"coauthors":[4],"class_list":{"0":"post-9308","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-front","9":"tag-jimmy-graham","10":"tag-new-orleans-saints","11":"tag-nfl"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9308","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=9308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9308"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=9308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}