With his eight-catch performance against Carolina on Sunday, New Orleans Saints’ tight end Jimmy Graham set a new franchise record for catches in a season with 99 receptions in 2011. Graham, who finished the year with 1,310 yards (besting the NFL’s previous 31-year old record for yards by a tight end in the process), also tied the franchise mark with his 11th touchdown catch of the season against the Panthers.
New Orleans (13-3) will host Detroit (10-6) in the first round of the NFL playoffs beginning next weekend.