Aros":1ojz8n8t said:MontanaHawk05":1ojz8n8t said:Aros":1ojz8n8t said:If Graham is still with us (highly doubtful in 2018) I will eat my hat. He couldn't have looked more disinterested through much of the season between the 20's. Amazing red zone target but outside of that? Meh. Atleast in our scheme. Meh.
Tired of this narrative. It was the opposite in 2016.
Truth is that Jimmy Graham in 2017 checked out mentally inside the 20's and the only time he seemed to give a damn was in the endzone to pad his stats for a better contract elsewhere in 2018.
I think the checking out mentally piece was justified since he would come to the huddle time after time after time and hear the same stupid play calls between the twenties, ie, first down runs against wash that set up second and third and longs every series.
At some point i can't blame a player for emotionally responding to bevells stupidity. The same plays that were high percentage easy catches in the red zone could have been picking up numerous first downs at the fifty too.