METAIRIE, La. -- New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham said he was ready to go home again.
Graham put on a Saints jersey for the first time since the 2014 season this week, returning to New Orleans after an eight-year absence. Graham said it was emotional for him to return to the organization that drafted him in 2010 and traded him to the Seattle Seahawks during the 2015 offseason.
Graham and the Saints had multiple conversations over the years about bringing him back, talking as recently as last season. But when nothing happened, Graham sat out the season instead of signing a deal elsewhere.