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People like yourself really don't know WTF you are talking about when it comes to Graham's hands. The fact is that only his 1st 2 years were bad. After that, he only had 1 or 2 drops a season. Many times, the Pats used him to help shore up the tackle situation because guys like Gorin and Ashworth weren't all that great and regularly needed help.
I was a major critic of Graham (on USENET) during his rookie training camp. He looked clueless and out of place while droping most everything thrown at him. His penchant for stone hands lasted 2 seasons as stated above. However, the guy worked on his hands, developed into an outstanding blocker and a good pass catching TE who dropped far less passes than the perrenially over rated Shockey. Graham was a solid team focused contributor here who just became too expensive for the Pats position value, a correct decision by Belioli.