But after four games he has 18 catches and two for touchdowns, but the 9.7 yards per catch has some worried.
The Bengals defended Graham about as well as possible during their 27-10 victory in New Orleans last season when they held him to three catches for 29 yards with safety George Iloka and linebacker Emmanuel Lamur. A huge red-zone target, Graham didn’t get a sniff in the Bengals’ game-changing goal-line stand late in the first quarter.
One of the reasons? They were physical with Graham throughout and head coach Marvin Lewis thought Iloka’s hit on Graham across the middle was huge.