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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Jimmy Graham has 41 touchdowns in his five NFL seasons with the New Orleans Saints. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The New Orleans Saints will use the franchise tag on tight end Jimmy Graham, reports ESPN.com's Adam Schefter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Monday is the deadline for teams to place the franchise tag on players. It was reported earlier this month that Graham would be ready to file a grievance over the franchise tag and wanted to be considered a wide receiver.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The franchise tag averages the top five annual salaries for a particular position. This season, it's $6.8 million for tight ends, while wide receivers would receive $11.8 million.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BEDARD:\u00A0The Free-Agent Countdown, 50 to 1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Graham and the Saints are reportedly millions of dollars apart on a new deal.\nGraham made $1.3 million last season in the final year of his contract, in which he caught 86 passes for 1,215 yards and led the NFL with 16 touchdown catches.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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