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Lolo Jones explains why Jimmy Graham was not like an Olympic hurdler when he jumped over a Panthers player

In Thursday night’s game against the Panthers, Jimmy Graham appeared to do an Olympic-worthy hurdle over a defender, leaving the NFL’s official Twitter account (among others) to ask: Is Jimmy Graham treating defenders like high-hurdles?

According to Lolo Jones, who was a hurdler on the Olympic track and field team, no.

What we can all probably agree on is that Graham was jumping very high — which is still impressive. Though perhaps not Olympian.

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images

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