Jimmy Graham expected to be starter in 2011

The New Orleans Times-Picayune's Jeff Duncan fully expects Jimmy Graham to win the Saints' starting tight end job in 2011.

Of Jeremy Shockey, Duncan goes so far as to suggest the Saints might release him and move forward with Graham as the starter, while re-signing David Thomas to be Graham's primary backup. Graham must make strides as a run blocker to become an every-down tight end, but regardless he'll be one of the top-10 players at the position off the board in 2011 fantasy drafts.

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(nbcsports.com)