Is Jimmy Graham Soft?

[WmHBonney]

When you are able to make a living by catching balls over the middle, you are not soft.

 

[jdemps]

I've seen him hold onto enough balls over the middle while taking huge hits to call him soft. He's not built like a blocking TE though. He's super lean in the lower body which doesn't bode well for his ability to anchor unless he already has a size advantage.

 

[OrangeGravy]

He is not a physical player, soft is different.

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Yes. He doesn't use his size advantage very well. He has no power at the point of contact unless he has a full run up to a defender. Even then he can only over power smaller db's. To me someone is physical when they can win heads up with someone the same size or larger then them. Jimmy absolutely can't. He also takes contact with his pad level way too high. I've never seen him play basketball, but watching him on a football field he strikes me as a guy on the court who plays several inches shorter than he actually is. Some players just don't understand leverage all that well and some naturally have it. He doesn't

 

[Threedee]

I always said he was soft in NO, so, I'm not going to walk it back now. Great to see that his production is up lately.

 

[hawkfan1975]

You should probably ask him and let us know how it turns out.

 

[chris98251]

You should probably ask him and let us know how it turns out.

Chances are he would take a Flyer on the question