[vincesanity82]

When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost a whole bunch of running backs early in the season, they had to turn to Earnest Graham, a career special teams player who was best known as being the Bucs' all-time rushing leader ... in the preseason.

While he didn't set the world on fire in the regular season, he averaged 4.0 yards a carry, he scored 10 touchdowns and his legs never seemed to stop moving whenever he had the ball. Graham gave the Bucs a running game it probably thought it wouldn't have after Cadillac Williams ruined his knee early in the season. He's hoping that's enough to get him a new contract worth more than the $512,000 a year he's getting now.

"Time will tell. Hopefully, I did enough for a new contract," Graham said after Sunday's game. "It's a business and I'm not an expert on it, so we'll see how it goes."

Bucs Should Give Earnest Graham a Raise - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog

[Lefty Noob]

I most definitely agree. The Cadallac's been fragile - best to pay Graham and run them in a two-back system.

[ThePundit]

Why should the give him a raise? Wait until he becomes a free agent.

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by ThePundit

Why should the give him a raise? Wait until he becomes a free agent.

To avoid a holdout, and make sure he's good to go for the next time Williams gets dinged up?