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Eagles' Brandon Graham counsels Marcus Smith on playing better

BRANDON GRAHAM'S advice to Marcus Smith is simple.

"I told him to stay off social media," Graham said yesterday after an Eagles OTA session. "That B-word hurts."

The "B-word" is "bust," as in first-round bust, the label Graham was careening toward his first three seasons after the Eagles moved up to draft him 13th overall in 2010.

The heat was turned on when Graham had to miss most of 2011 with a knee injury, and also every time Seattle safety Earl Thomas made another huge play. Thomas, maybe you've heard, was taken by Seattle immediately after Graham was drafted.