Packers release TE Jimmy Graham

The Green Bay Packers released tight end Jimmy Graham on Thursday.

Graham, who turned 33 in November, ranked as the highest-paid tight end in the NFL with an average salary of $10 million and was scheduled to take up the second-most salary-cap space ($11,666,668) in 2020 of any tight end in the league.

Only Philadelphia Eagles star Zach Ertz ($12.231 million) is scheduled to take up more cap space in 2020.

Graham’s second season with the Packers was barely different than his first. Although respected in the locker…