Jimmy Graham’s Updated 2014 Fantasy Outlook Heading into Week 8

October 22, 2014   ·   Matt Fitzgerald   ·   Jump to comments

New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham was slowed by a shoulder injury and didn't make a single catch in the team's 24-23 loss to the Detroit Lions this past Sunday. That puts his ability to make a Week 8 fantasy impact in doubt, which is bad news for owners counting on the Saints' supreme pass-catcher.
As long as Graham's health checks out to the point of him seeing the field this weekend against the Green Bay Packers, though, fantasy owners will be hard-pressed to find a better substitute option.
Graham is a surefire, elite tight end when he's healthy. That just hasn't been the case in the past two games, which have even been spelled by a bye week.
Mike Triplett of ESPN.com documented what coach Sean Payton said after Week 7 regarding Graham's role in the offense:
He was in the nickel, some of the third down, some of the red zone. We kind of did the same thing a year ago [when Graham returned from a plantar fasciitis injury] against Buffalo. We kind of had a se...

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