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The Jimmy Graham Trade Finally Makes Sense

The MMQB's Andy Benoit takes a look at how the Seattle Seahawks have been using TE Jimmy Graham this year.

The Seahawks travel to New Orleans on Sunday, and general manager John Schneider and coach Pete Carroll must be grateful this trip is happening now. The dominant storyline in the Big Easy: Jimmy Graham’s returning to face his former team. The narrative of the trade—Seattle got the tight end a fourth-round pick; New Orleans got Pro Bowl center Max Unger and a late first-round pick—is much friendlier to the Seahawks now than it was a year ago.

A few weeks into the 2015 season, Seattle fans were asking, Just what is the plan for Graham?