Saints tight end Jimmy Graham speaks with the media for the first time since the incident and California.
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00:04 >> How are you feeling after your rest day yesterday?
00:07 >> Feeling pretty good.
00:08 It's amazing, they take care of me around here and
00:13 just getting me in the ground running full speed today.
00:19 It's great to be back, great to be back, kind of in the process.
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00:25 >> Yeah, physically.
00:26 >> Jimmy, is there anything more you can say, wanna say after California?
00:30 How do you feel?
00:31 >> Yeah, yeah. >> Progressive.
00:32 >> Yeah, I mean, feeling great, just looking forward and
00:36 excited to put it behind me.
00:37 And I'll be fine in the long run.
00:40 Just wanna thank the organization and
00:45 everybody that was with me through those couple days.
00:47 And my teammates and my close family, just appreciate everybody and
00:53 all the concern.
00:55 >> Jimmy, is there a treatment plan or
00:57 anything related to that that you're going through?
01:01 Is there anything, you're going to health, do you have to get checkups?
01:03 >> Yeah, it's kind of a personal health thing, I was gonna say to myself.
01:08 I'll be fine.
01:09 I just look forward to putting it behind me.
01:14 And again, can't thank the organization enough for everything.
01:19 Knowing all those days, all the people that were there with me.
01:24 So I'm very appreciative of that.
01:26 >> Jimmy, without getting too specific, the team mentioned seizures in a statement.
01:30 Is that the right category?
01:31 >> Yeah, no, I'm really not gonna put any details out there.
01:34 >> And are there no pending charges or anything?
01:39 >> Yeah, I mean, as of right now, also, thanks for
01:43 everything and just how quickly everything went down.
01:47 And how helpful they were through the process.
01:49 And right now, I'm just dealing with that all personally.
01:52 >> Jimmy, you've been out of the scene for a year.
01:55 Now you're about to go into another regular season.
01:57 How exciting is it for you?
01:59 >> Yeah, I mean, I think being away from the game since 2021,
02:04 put a lot of perspective into it.
02:08 And I'm grateful for any and every opportunity that I've gotten so far.
02:12 And we're gonna capitalize on any opportunity in the future.
02:16 And how incredible it is to be back with this organization.
02:21 And this locker room with this amount of talent on this team.
02:26 Not only in the team, but in my room.
02:27 It's a special time to be in New Orleans Saints.
02:31 And I'm very proud to be able to play that jersey again.
02:35 >> Jimmy, you showed a lot of emotions in the preseason game.
02:38 What was that moment like when you had to pitch in?
02:42 >> I mean, it brought back so many memories that I have.
02:45 And getting back to the sideline and
02:48 running coaches over on the sideline and getting back with the boys.
02:54 I don't think there's a better feeling.
02:57 Making plays in the film here and then be able to celebrate with their teammates.
03:02 There's just some different phases on the sideline.
03:06 Definitely had some flashbacks.
03:07 And Jari was there, but he was in a coach's house, so it was a little different for me.
03:13 But just how awesome it was with Jameis and the guys that we had in there.
03:20 And then getting to the sideline to celebrate with the team.
03:22 There's not a better feeling.