JIMMY GRAHAM WITH THE TOUCHDOWN (and the pump fake 😂)
📺 @NFLonFOX pic.twitter.com/HVZsHnK3QN
— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) December 10, 2023
So it turns out that Jimmy Graham could have been doing this the whole time. The big New Orelans Saints tight end caught his third touchdown pass this season in Sunday’s win over the Carolina Panthers, and he brought a special celebration with it.
Graham made to dunk over the goalpost — a move he made famous with the Saints in his youth — but pulled back on the last second for a pump fake. It was a fun nod to his signature celebration without drawing a costly penalty after the NFL outlawed the move as a hazard to equipment (stemming, of course, from that time Graham bent the goalpost in the Atlanta Falcons’ raggedy stadium off-balance).
Still, it’s looking like the coaching staff made a bad decision to bench Graham for a long stretch this season. He’s still got something to offer as a red zone scoring threat. And that’s been the offense’s biggest weakness with Pete Carmichael calling plays and Derek Carr playing quarterback. Maybe they shouldn’t have waited so long to thaw Graham out of the ice. At any rate, we’re happy to have him back now.
