I generally agree with that sentiment, Carcassman, but when the other team holds the ball twice as long as your team, it's because your offense couldn't sustain drives. I love Russell Wilson, and I'm confident they'll get better, but right now, it's the offense's inability to pick up a first down in the 4th quarter that's killing them.

Back to Graham, I just heard an interview with Doug Baldwin, and when he was asked about whether trying to work Graham into the offense might be disrupting what the offense had been doing, he answered that they aren't using him any differently than any other tight end, and that in this offense, he just isn't going to get a huge number of targets, so no, it's not affecting them. I think he made my point pretty well for me with that statement. "This offense" has been perennially weak at offensive line, and they've counted on their tight ends to pick up slack for their garbage linemen in pass blocking schemes. Graham is known to be a terrible blocker. What he does is catch passes (when they are thrown at him), and that's why we were all so excited to see him added to the team. So far, it looks to me like Baldwin's assessment is dead on, so while Graham has made some nice plays, he's probably making the OL look that much worse when he's out there to block. Great talent, bad fit. Trade him now, while he's got great value.


Edited by FleaFlickr02 (11/18/15 07:39 PM)