Former Saints tight end Jimmy Graham was traded from New Orleans to Seattle this offseason, so he felt it was right to offer some support for another player who was traded away from the Saints.
Thursday morning on Twitter, Graham sent a tweet to defensive end Akiem Hicks, who was traded from New Orleans to the Patriots on Wednesday. Graham's now-deleted tweet read: "Feel blessed u got out of there. Time to go shine big dog. All the best. Good luck."
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The tweet was only up for a short amount of time, but NOLA.com writer Christopher Dabe took a screenshot of it.
From Jimmy Graham to Akiem Hicks: pic.twitter.com/MaUH5T0oIU
— Christopher Dabe (@cmdabe) October 1, 2015 Graham was shockingly traded after putting up incredible numbers with the Saints in recent years. This wouldn't be the first time he expressed his displeasure with the move on Twitter.
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