Pretty much everyone expected that when Jimmy Graham was traded from the pass-happy New Orleans Saints to the more run-oriented Seattle Seahawks, his role would change a bit. Simply by being on the field for fewer passing plays, Graham was likely to see his numbers drop. He'd spend more time blocking (though presumably not all that well), too.

What not many expected was for Graham to be barely involved in the passing attack when he did go out on routes. That's been the case on more than one occasion so far this season. Russell Wilson has attempted 150 passes this season. Only 26 have been directed at Graham. That puts him on pace for only 83 targets on the year, far fewer than the 121 times he was targeted last season in New Orleans.

Head coach Pete Carroll wants to see if the team can get its best receiving weapon more involved.

“We’d love to get more,” Carroll said, per ESPN.com. “We’d love to get more from everybody. I’d love to get the ball in his hands more. He did well in this game, but we could use more. We only completed 15 passes in this game (Sunday's loss to the Bengals), so we need to get more activity out of him, just like we need to get more out of the other guys too. But he’s working hard at it.”

There's really no reason for a weapon like Graham to be the 11th-most targeted tight end in the NFL. He's too dangerous to be so uninvolved. Russell Wilson isn't one to force the football all that often, but with the way the offensive line is struggling and he has to run for his life so often (Wilson's been under pressure on a league-high 45.6 percent of his drop backs, per Pro Football Focus), getting the ball out quickly and letting Graham do the work of fighting off defenders could be a better way to go about gaining yards.

Pete Carroll wants to get Jimmy Graham more involved. (USATSI)