The official 2009 DRAFT thread

[Partial]

He won't have to. Pickett is GONE next year. Raji will be the NT.

Why would you get rid of a perfectly good player entering his prime?? I don't understand this. You don't turn over a good player for the heck of it.

[Packnut]

Raji

This was the #1 guy on my board. I love this pick.


Raji has natural leverage
Of guys Raji's height and natural leverage, very few can carry this type of weight to anchor
Of the squatty, powerful guys that can carry the weight, even fewer can move the way Raji can


When you have a bad season, this is the exact type of rare piece that you need to add to make it worth it.

Ya'd need a forklift to move Raji out of the middle.

[Badgerinmaine]

I think Orakpo will enjoy coming back to Texas each year to play the Cowboys

[Rastak]

Gentleman, there is still a draft being conducted......

[pack4to84]

TT on 620 the host told him that he didn't get boo with the pick. TT said the fans must be getting soft

[Lurker64]

Re: Need

Ok Mr TT. Now that after all these drafts of me bitching about need, you FINALLY come around to my way of thinking................


OUTSIDE LINEBACKER

I think unless Sintim or Barwin is there in the second, I could easily see Thompson grabbing Louis Delmas, Safety, Western Michigan. He has a shot at being a special player.

An offensive lineman like Unger or Beatty in the second would be reasonable too.

[gbpackfan]

CB Jenkins should be coming off the board next.

[retailguy]

Crabtree at 10 is by far the best pick in the draft so far...

How can you be excited about Raji as a 5 snap a game player?!? Starting NT only plays 20ish snaps a game according to Waldo. Awful pick imo.

right, just because he's a monkey wearing glasses doesn't mean he is setting our depth chart

So you have Pickett, a very solid player, as a 5 snap a game player? I don't understand this logic at all.

This guy doesn't fit. We don't have a huge need at NT. We had a glaring need at DE. We've made a rich position richer, but passed on a rare talent in Crabtree.

Raji can play DE. Or is your man crush on Crabtree blind you?

You have no more evidence to suggest he can play DE than somebody who says he can not ; if you look at him physically a guy of his size is not normally a DE in the 3-4

You are arguing with "consensus". there is no original thought there.

[Joemailman]

Crabtree at 10 is by far the best pick in the draft so far...

How can you be excited about Raji as a 5 snap a game player?!? Starting NT only plays 20ish snaps a game according to Waldo. Awful pick imo.

right, just because he's a monkey wearing glasses doesn't mean he is setting our depth chart

So you have Pickett, a very solid player, as a 5 snap a game player? I don't understand this logic at all.

This guy doesn't fit. We don't have a huge need at NT. We had a glaring need at DE. We've made a rich position richer, but passed on a rare talent in Crabtree.

Again, Pickett is gone next year. Buh bye. Then what?

Why is the assumption Pickett is gone ??????/

One thing the Packers learned last year is that you can't have enough good defensive linemen. How many games did they lose in part because the DL was gassed in the 4th quarter due to lack of depth?

[MateoInMex]

What grade did Mel Kiper give TT?

Didn't see the grade, but in the coverage before the pick he was emphatic that Raji was the pick they should make.

Thanks, man!

[Bretsky]

TT talking live on packers.com

What did he say? He couldn't pass on a guy called BJ?

f'ckin hilarious; quote of the thread so far

[Gunakor]

So... how many snaps a game do you expect out of this pick? I expect about 5. Awful awful awful pick.

Partial...

Raji can play anywhere on the line... assume they'll be in a four man line in a lot of passing situations - Raji will be lined up at one of the DT spots...

This is a very good pick... Raji is more than just a NT.

Brace on the other hand... he is strictly a NT... IMO, I doubt Raji has to come off the field much at all, except to get a blow.

Love this pick...

I'm not confident Raji can excel as a DE

He won't have to. Pickett is GONE next year. Raji will be the NT.

Why do you keep saying that? He's got more than a year left.

Because they drafted BJ Raji. Pickett is gone. They are both NT's making starters money, so one of them will be gone next year. It will be Pickett.

Do you think they're planning to keep Raji at DE?

[gbgary]

We've made a rich position richer, but passed on a rare talent in Crabtree.

i'm with you on this one. raji is a good player but crabtree is a great one. with donald getting older he'd take pressure off of jennings and give ar more of a chance to florish. oh well. it's done.

[Packnut]

Re: Need

Ok Mr TT. Now that after all these drafts of me bitching about need, you FINALLY come around to my way of thinking................


OUTSIDE LINEBACKER

I think unless Sintim or Barwin is there in the second, I could easily see Thompson grabbing Louis Delmas, Safety, Western Michigan. He has a shot at being a special player.

An offensive lineman like Unger or Beatty in the second would be reasonable too.

I'm down with that pick too. I still consider saftey a HUGE area of need.

[retailguy]

Gentleman, there is still a draft being conducted......

There is?

Oh, yeah, the LA Vikings pick soon. :P

Just messing with you Ras....