Yxes1122
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Scottemojo":wfbtejj0 said:It's not a hate/love the trade issue for me. It's about my list of concerns. Which grew. O-line instability with potentially two very inexperienced players at LG and C is a concern. Our OC not being able to maximize his weapons is a concern. I can't project what will happen nearly so well as I can see what has already happened. The facts say that Percy got twice as many yards per catch in New York as here. Miller caught less than half as many passes in Seattle as Oakland. Rice caught way less in Seattle, and Tate caught 99 balls after leaving our offense. History suggests thinking Graham will do anything close to what he did in a pass happy offense in NO is a pipe dream. Which dramatically affects his value. Pass catchers in Seattle simply do not have the value here they have elsewhere. Unless they make a big change to the offense, which when tried last year was an abysmal failure.kearly":wfbtejj0 said:Scottemojo":wfbtejj0 said:I don't know how Graham can be our 31, which still leaves us with the net loss of a center. I see it as Unger for Graham, and a 4th for a 1st.
Truth is, I don't have a huge problem with the thinking behind the trade. What I hate is all the revising going on around here though. Unger all the sudden got shitty, and Graham lost his warts. The hole at center will be easy to fill, CUZ CABLE! and Bevell is going to be good in the red zone, CUZ GRAHAM! There is a thread filled with predictions of 800 to 1000 yards and 10-14 TDs. Never mind that Zach Miller averaged 56 passes caught per year in Oakland, and 25 in Seattle. Hell, there are predictions that he will learn to block now. Like Helfet and Wilson did, I guess.
Netters gonna net. You don't need to hide behind that to say you don't like the trade.
If 2013 and 2014 never happened, I would probably feel the exact same way you do about this swap. But as things stand, I think Unger was probably one more injury away from being cut.
This is exactly where I fall on this trade. Time and time again, Seattle has tried to inject some star receiving power into this offense and time and time again their efforts have failed. It feels like we are treating the symptoms of the issue and not the cause. What is being said about Graham has the same excitement behind it as the hype around Percy. But at this point, when it comes to our passing offense, I'm skeptical that our offense can ever reach a point where it justifies high investment in pass catchers.
I'm not saying that Seattle should stop trying to improve the passing offense. But I don't think getting another big name is the answer. I'm hopeful and believe me when I say I want to see this succeed. And I do believe Graham is a better receiving talent for 2015 than any we'd get in this draft. But history just isn't on this team's side when it comes to pass catchers.