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Seattle Seahawks tight end Luke Willson on replacing Jimmy Graham: ‘I got a podium this year’

Seattle tight end Luke Willson said the experience of starting last season will help him this year as he now steps into a starting role with Jimmy Graham out.

With Jimmy Graham out for the season, Luke Willson now takes over as the team’s starting tight end.

It’s a position with which Willson is familiar — he also took over the starting job after three games last season when Zach Miller was lost for the season.

Willson noted that in a typically light-hearted style Wednesday when the team put him on the podium to meet the media.