No objective analysis would conclude that the Seattle Seahawks got better at tight end when they let Jimmy Graham leave in free agency and replaced him with Ed Dickson.
Graham caught 10 touchdowns last season to Dickson's one, after all.
But the Seahawks did get considerably cheaper at the position.
Dickson's three-year deal carries a base value of $10.7 million. That's a bargain compared to the deal that Graham got from the Green Bay Packers, worth $30 million over three years, including up to $13 million in 2018.