Some perspective on Jimmy Graham's lack of red-zone targets

http://www.fieldgulls.com/2017/1/10/142 ... ne-targets

Adding to that some numbers I crunched last year, saying that the percentage of team receptions Jimmy Graham comprised in 2015 was very similar to the percentage he comprised in New Orleans - the low 20%'s. The perception of fewer targets comes from Seattle throwing less.

I'll toss this in, too:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/NathanE11/status/818684470102327297[/tweet]

Just some numbers. I too was irritated when Bevell took Graham OFF THE FIELD against the Rams.

I still don't get it...that is how Bevell like to use Graham as a Decoy...I don''t care what the reason or excuse is Bevell is over his head when it comes to Graham. I would have more faith throwing to Graham in triple coverage then throwing to Kearse in single coverage (clearly an over exaggeration).

And our Red Zone....we have a much better chance of scoring a TD from the 50yrd marker than the 20yrd, but we do get some good reps kicking.....the whole purpose of trading for Graham was our red zone in the first place...maybe just line him up in the backfield and hand off the ball to graham so he can just Reach across the goal line...

modernman":y8h0qiva said:

(clearly an over exaggeration)

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yeah

Thanks for the info, Montana.