Saints sever ties with status quo by trading Jimmy Graham

One 7-year-old New Orleans Saints fan couldn't hold back the tears when she found out that Jimmy Graham was leaving her for Seattle. Her reaction to the big news is priceless and shows just how shocking the Graham-to-Seattle trade really was.

News of the Saints trading All-Pro tight end Jimmy Graham spread fast Tuesday afternoon around the NFL, from his reported new home in Seattle to the Gulf South, where he spent the first five seasons of his historic career.

Jimmy Graham is now a Seattle Seahawk. Many of the defenders were not fans of Graham, so this should be a fun first meeting with the team as grievances are aired. Michael Bennett called him “soft” and “overrated” after their 

The decision to trade Jimmy Graham just one season after signing him to an extension seems like the sort of over-correction that good franchises make when things go bad. The Saints went 7-9 last season in an awful division one season after going 11-5.

One 7-year-old New Orleans Saints fan couldn't hold back the tears when she found out that Jimmy Graham was leaving her for Seattle. Her reaction to the big news is priceless and shows just how shocking the Graham-to-Seattle trade really was.