Graham Wants:

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Patriots | Graham looking to showcase receiving skills more
Sun, 11 Feb 2007 08:02:35 -0800

Michael Felger, of the Boston Herald, reports New England Patriots TE Daniel Graham, who is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent, would like to remain with the team, but also would like to be featured more as a receiver and not just as a blocking tight end, according to TE Benjamin Watson. "I think for Dan, like a lot of guys on this team, the No. 1 thing is winning games," Watson said. "No matter what it takes, whether it's catching 10 balls or no balls. That being said, he is a tight end and you cut the college tape on Dan - and I remember doing that at Georgia - you see him running across my screen every down because he's catching balls all over the place. So that's a part of him that he wants to develop. But he's such a great blocker. He's one of the best blockers on the team, so he's been called on to do that a lot also."

like i said..all along..he probably wasnt satisfied with being mainly the blocking guy

 

[patsfan13]

Georgia? Felger is a dope once again, Graham was a TE at Colorado not Georgia.

 

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Georgia? Felger is a dope once again, Graham was a TE at Colorado not Georgia.

um its Ben Watson talking .. about Graham..

 

[maverick4]

Georgia? Felger is a dope once again, Graham was a TE at Colorado not Georgia.

You need to improve your reading comprehension skills, patsfan13!

 

[Jimke]

There are two reasons Graham has not been used more as a featured

receiver. The first, of course, is that he is a terrific blocker. The

second is that he dropped a lot of passes in the past, many when

he was wide open in key situations.

 

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There are two reasons Graham has not been used more as a featured

receiver. The first, of course, is that he is a terrific blocker. The

second is that he dropped a lot of passes in the past, many when

he was wide open in key situations.

he hasnst dropped many passes in past 2 years..Watson has his drops and hes not nearly as good a blocker and hes starting over graham

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

There are two reasons Graham has not been used more as a featured

receiver. The first, of course, is that he is a terrific blocker. The

second is that he dropped a lot of passes in the past, many when

he was wide open in key situations.

Ancient history. By your logic, Ben 'Drive Killer' Watson should never see another pass.

 

[DaBruinz]

Georgia? Felger is a dope once again, Graham was a TE at Colorado not Georgia.

Considering that the sentence was a quote from Watson regarding himself and not Graham, Felger isn't the dope here.

 

[DaBruinz]

There are two reasons Graham has not been used more as a featured

receiver. The first, of course, is that he is a terrific blocker. The

second is that he dropped a lot of passes in the past, many when

he was wide open in key situations.

Except that was 2 and 3 seasons ago. In his 3rd season, he had 2 dropped passes total. Graham's worked on his hands quite a bit.

I agree that the Pats need to use Graham more. Particularly on Screens. The guy is a monster and it ususally take more than one person to get him down.

 

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Except that was 2 and 3 seasons ago. In his 3rd season, he had 2 dropped passes total. Graham's worked on his hands quite a bit.

I agree that the Pats need to use Graham more. Particularly on Screens. The guy is a monster and it ususally take more than one person to get him down.

yeah. remember the Atlanta game. was he a beauty there

 

[sieglo]

Except that was 2 and 3 seasons ago. In his 3rd season, he had 2 dropped passes total. Graham's worked on his hands quite a bit.

He made a few unbelievable diving catches in the last few games of the season.... Very impressive.

 

[Willie55]

To me, he has to stay healthy.

 

[satz]

He made a few unbelievable diving catches in the last few games of the season.... Very impressive.

He has some amazing catches and usually on 3rd down and used up the center .

 

[unoriginal]

I respect Watson for articulating this, because as the "receiving TE" in this offense the bulk of Graham's catches would likely come out of his quota.

 

[patsfan13]

You need to improve your reading comprehension skills, patsfan13!

Thanks I am a dope, should of realized they were quoting Watson, my bad!

:bricks:

 

[spacecrime]

Thanks I am a dope, should of realized they were quoting Watson, my bad!

:bricks:

That's okay. Fleger is still a dope, even if it was Watson speaking.

 

[zippo59]

To me, he has to stay healthy.

I do think that the team is reluctant to invest a lot in him because he does have a lot of injury issues. It seems like he misses several games every year and doesn't he have two bum shouders?

With that said I really like Graham. Tough as nails and made some beautiful catches this season.

 

[frankiesfly]

There are two reasons Graham has not been used more as a featured

receiver. The first, of course, is that he is a terrific blocker. The

second is that he dropped a lot of passes in the past, many when

he was wide open in key situations.

Graham has great hands and havent really seen him drop passess, maybe a couple of times but nothing to be concerned about. Ive seen recievers drop more balls and thats there primary job.

 

[zippo59]

Graham has great hands and havent really seen him drop passess, maybe a couple of times but nothing to be concerned about. Ive seen recievers drop more balls and thats there primary job.

He dropped a lot of balls as a rookie but he has developed into a very reliable receiver. He's really gotten over the dropping problems he had early in his career.

 

[fgssand]

I do think that the team is reluctant to invest a lot in him because he does have a lot of injury issues. It seems like he misses several games every year and doesn't he have two bum shouders?

With that said I really like Graham. Tough as nails and made some beautiful catches this season.

He has been reasonably healthy, playing in 63 out of a possible 80 games in 5 years and played in every playoff / superbowl game.

He is a class guy, smart, physical, good pass catcher, great blocker, team captain - we really need to keep core guys like this.

Who will Brady smash helmets with if we lose him???