Posted by Benson
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| Here's Jimmy breathing fire like a mythical dragon |
I love Jimmy Graham.
That’s right, I love Jimmy Graham.
For those of you who don’t follow professional football, Jimmy Graham is
the New Orleans Saints premier rookie tight end. The saints picked up Jimmy in 2010 in a third
round draft pick that was, I feel, a stroke of genius. Jimmy is noted for being a ridiculously tall
basketball player-turned best young NFL tight end in Saints history with a
penchant for dunking footballs through the uprights after scoring one of his
record-setting touchdown receptions.
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| It is your destiny Jimmy |
Even if you don’t follow football closely enough to know who
Jimmy Graham is, you probably heard about the demoralizing Saints at Falcons
game last week in which Drew Brees threw an unprecedented five interceptions,
all but demolishing any hopes of making it to the playoffs in the season that
New Orleans will host the Super Bowl.
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| Two point conversion - Jimmy Style! |
Matt, Jamie, and I were able to catch the infamous Thursday
night game after a very long mock bench trial in New York. We barely had time to ditch our business
suits at the hotel and find a bar in the financial district willing to put the
Saints game on TV and serve beer to a guy wearing a “Go to Hell Goodell”
t-shirt. But we got there, and I was absolutely convinced that Jimmy Graham was
going to keep the Saints’ playoff chances alive. So convinced, in fact, that I was cheering
for Jimmy on every play in the hopes that he would finally make an appearance
on the field, much to the embarrassment of Matt and Jamie.
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| It's excruciating for Jimmy too |
Play after play, there was no Jimmy Graham. No Jimmy, no Jimmy, no Jimmy. All of my pleas had fallen on deaf ears. Not surprisingly, New Orleans was having a
hard slog in the first half. The game
was becoming excruciating, but there was hope!
We had possession in the final minutes of the second quarter, down by
ten, and receiving in the second half.
All we needed was one touchdown pass and we were still in the game. One touchdown pass and Jimmy Graham runs into the huddle!
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| Suck it Falcons! Jimmy's in the game! |
SNAP! Handoff to running back Darren Sproles and
TOUCHDOWN! Okay, it was Sproles, but
he’s an okay guy and they were probably triple covering Jimmy anyway, so Jimmy
saves the day! And then there was a flag…It
seems Mr. Graham was holding…But it must have been critical to making the play,
so without Jimmy’s hold there was…nope, it was totally unnecessary…
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| My bad... |
It was so demoralizing that all three of us agreed to finish
our beers and head back to the hotel rather than sit in the bar drinking
through half time, drinking through the third quarter, drinking through the
fourth quarter, drinking to quench our hate for the dirty birds, drinking to
drown the sorrow of our shattered dreams.
And thank God for Jimmy Graham!
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| In a much cooler penalty, Jimmy flying ninja kicks Falcons safety Thomas DeCoud |
If it weren't for Jimmy Graham, I would have had way too
much to drink that night! And I had a
full day of traveling in the morning. It
would have been Hell on Earth. Missing
the second half saved me from a hangover I would have regretted for years
later, a hangover so severe I would tell of it to frighten my children. Jimmy Graham didn’t blow the most important
play of the game, demolishing any chance for the Saints to make the
playoffs. Jimmy Graham saved me from the worst hangover in history!
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