{"id":10733,"date":"2014-07-15T10:08:09","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T14:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=10733"},"modified":"2014-07-15T10:08:09","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T14:08:09","slug":"saints-reach-extension-with-jimmy-graham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2014\/07\/15\/saints-reach-extension-with-jimmy-graham\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints reach extension with Jimmy Graham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/06\/breesgraham.jpg\" alt=\"breesgraham\" width=\"594\" height=\"384\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/06\/breesgraham.jpg 594w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/06\/breesgraham-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/06\/breesgraham-50x32.jpg 50w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/06\/breesgraham-85x54.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><br \/>\nJudging Jimmy Graham&#8217;s new contract with the New Orleans Saints, it is safe to assume that the two sides must have agreed that he is some sort of hybird tight end\/wide receiver.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday morning Graham announced that he had reached an extension with the Saints. His new deal is reportedly worth $40 million over four years with $21 million guaranteed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>It&#39;s official I&#39;m bleeding black and gold this morning! Thank you WhoDatNation for all the support.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jimmy Graham (@TheJimmyGraham) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheJimmyGraham\/statuses\/489029748786343936\">July 15, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Saints had used the franchise tag on Graham claiming he was a tight end, a notion that would have paid him $7.05 million. Of course Graham contested that he was in fact a wide receiver which would have paid him $12.3 million this season. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>By taking 4-year $40-million deal, Graham, 27, assures himself of playing for another strong contract if he stays healthy and productive.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Mortensen (@mortreport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mortreport\/statuses\/489041368744873984\">July 15, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>An independent arbitrator later ruled that Graham was a tight end. While reports leaked that Graham was planning to appeal the decision the Saints and Graham also were said to be working on a new deal.<\/p>\n<p>Getting Graham signed and happy heading into the season is only a good thing for the Saints and quarterback Drew Brees. Graham caught 86 passes for 1,215 yards and 16 touchdowns during the 2013 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judging Jimmy Graham&#8217;s new contract with the New Orleans Saints, it is safe to assume that the two sides must have agreed that he is some sort of hybird tight end\/wide receiver. On Tuesday morning Graham announced that he had reached an extension with the Saints. His new deal is reportedly worth $40 million over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[426,423,38,216],"coauthors":[4],"class_list":["post-10733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-front","tag-jimmy-graham","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10734,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10733\/revisions\/10734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10733"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=10733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}