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<blockquote data-quote="sschind" data-source="post: 766598" data-attributes="member: 10247"><p>I had said before that I would prefer Burton at 7-8 million to Graham at 10-11 million (numbers may be a bit off from what I actually posted but you get my idea) and in a way that's kind of out of whack given the production of each player. I guess it came more from the fact that Burton is much younger. Burton looked good in the time he played but what has happened in Philly since he left? They cut Brent Celek as well. The Celek move was most likely a purely cap related one and they may bring him back later at a lower price but I can't help but wonder if they knew they were going to let Celek walk why didn't they try harder to keep Burton. Maybe they did but just couldn't fit his numbers in I don't know.</p><p></p><p>As you said, it was a weak market for TEs and we needed a TE. Maybe after we see how much all the FA TEs end up getting we can say we can say we paid too much to get Graham. If Celek signs for 5 million maybe we can say "we could have had Brent Celek for 5 million instead of Graham for 11" but when the choice is to pay top dollar to a guy who was, and may still be one of the tops at his position or to pay close to top dollar to get a guy that looked pretty good in his only somewhat major appearance. Maybe the extra money paid to Graham isn't so bad after all. Its only what, an extra 3 million when you look at it that way.</p><p></p><p>Edit: I saw your post about Niles Paul after I made this post The cheap TE's are starting to fall. Pretty soon we will be able to tell if signing Graham was the right thing to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sschind, post: 766598, member: 10247"] I had said before that I would prefer Burton at 7-8 million to Graham at 10-11 million (numbers may be a bit off from what I actually posted but you get my idea) and in a way that's kind of out of whack given the production of each player. I guess it came more from the fact that Burton is much younger. Burton looked good in the time he played but what has happened in Philly since he left? They cut Brent Celek as well. The Celek move was most likely a purely cap related one and they may bring him back later at a lower price but I can't help but wonder if they knew they were going to let Celek walk why didn't they try harder to keep Burton. Maybe they did but just couldn't fit his numbers in I don't know. As you said, it was a weak market for TEs and we needed a TE. Maybe after we see how much all the FA TEs end up getting we can say we can say we paid too much to get Graham. If Celek signs for 5 million maybe we can say "we could have had Brent Celek for 5 million instead of Graham for 11" but when the choice is to pay top dollar to a guy who was, and may still be one of the tops at his position or to pay close to top dollar to get a guy that looked pretty good in his only somewhat major appearance. Maybe the extra money paid to Graham isn't so bad after all. Its only what, an extra 3 million when you look at it that way. Edit: I saw your post about Niles Paul after I made this post The cheap TE's are starting to fall. Pretty soon we will be able to tell if signing Graham was the right thing to do. [/QUOTE]
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