A lot of people have expressed concern about various parts of the Saints roster this season as they’ve opened up with a 3-4 record over the first two months of the season.
Kicker Shayne Graham hasn’t been one of the players to elicit worry from observers, though, and his performance in October was good enough to make him the league’s choice as the NFC special teams player of the month.
Graham made all nine field goals and all nine extra points he tried in the month and had 14 points in last Sunday night’s victory over the Packers. Graham made three field goals in each of the team’s three games in October -- they had a bye in Week Six -- and was the only kicker in the league to hit that many field goals in each of his team’s outings.
While the NFL has closed the deliberations on the top players of the month, Graham will get a chance to add to his October totals on Thursday night when the Saints face the Panthers in the final contest before the calendar turns to November.