Bruce Irvin, Jimmy Graham fake fight on Instagram (Photo)

Seattle Seahawks Bruce Irvin and Jimmy Graham staged a fake fight between the two for an Instagram picture on Monday.

Bruce Irvin made it fairly clear on Twitter after his Seattle Seahawks traded for Jimmy Graham that he wanted to fight the star tight end.

I still need jimmy fade if he come to Seattle
— Bruce Irvin (@BIrvin_WVU11) March 10, 2015

Well, Irvin finally got the fight he craved with his new teammate on Monday… sort of. Irvin and Graham, with the help of a few of their Seahawks teammates, staged a fake fight between the two for an Instagram photo. Take a look below:

Just in case anyone is confused and thinks there is a chance these two actually went at it: the Seahawks confirmed on Twitter that the fight was a joke.

#staged #LOB https://t.co/cWlbQqr6Cn
— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) April 13, 2015

This is well played by both Irvin and Graham, though it’s clear the two once had a pretty serious beef.

The pair nearly fought before a 2014 playoff game featuring Graham’s former team the New Orleans Saints and the Seahawks.

At the time, Irvin said the altercation began because Graham was warming up on the Seahawks’ side.

From USA Today:

"“He was warming up in our area and I asked him to move, and he said, ‘I’m Jimmy.’ So I knocked the ball out of his hand and I kicked it across the field,” Irvin said. “So that’s how it started. That’s how it started.”Photographers on the field caught Graham yelling and removing Irvin’s knit hat as a Saints staff member tried to hold him back. But Irvin said that came only after he escalated the exchange.“Y’all missed the first part. I took his ball and booted it across the field,” Irvin said. “That’s when he knocked my hat off.”Graham said only that Irvin “tried to disrespect me, and I’m not going to let anyone disrespect me. I don’t want to talk about it.”"

But, if they’re willing to joke about fighting now, one has to think that bad blood is gone.

While Graham was able to resolve his issues with Irvin, it doesn’t appear he was able to do the same with fellow new teammate, Michael Bennett.

The Seahawks defensive end recently told 710 ESPN that he stands by comments he made in 2014 calling Graham soft.

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