Anybody want Crabtree over Raji now?

[Partial]

I've concluded that Raji doesn't really fit our scheme well. He's not a good enough run stuffer to play NT, and he isn't quick or long enough to excel at end.

Crabtree on the other hand is starting to put together a nice couple of games and is looking to be the real deal. He seems like kind of a prick but he sure can play.

[denverYooper]

Re: Anybody want Crabtree over Raji now?

I've concluded that Raji doesn't really fit our scheme well. He's not a good enough run stuffer to play NT, and he isn't quick or long enough to excel at end.

Crabtree on the other hand is starting to put together a nice couple of games and is looking to be the real deal. He seems like kind of a prick but he sure can play.

NO.

Raji got some push today, and I thought his play was one of the brighter spots of the day with a couple of tackles and an assist. He'll continue to get better as he gets more live reps.

At the end of the day today, though, neither helped their team win against "bad" teams.

[rbaloha1]

Initially wanted Crabby. Agreed with TT's analysis that good big men are tougher to find than good little guys.

Lets wait on Raji. Although think Crabby is another Fitzgerald.

[The Shadow]

I certainly want Raji over Crabtree.
Any day of the week.

[gex]

If the game is won in the trenches then I'm happy with Raj.
I think the next draft and the one after should be all linemen.

[Brandon494]

Crabtree is no where near the next Fitzgerald.

Raji is only a rookie and its foolish to judge him so early. We also have enough WRs on this team, Crabtree would solve none of our current problems we have on the team.

[wist43]

Raji should be a hell of a player... the defense as a whole just has too many miscast players, and it seems Capers is intent on fitting square pegs in round holes... I thought he was smarter than that, but apparently not, lol

[Brohm]

Raji is doing alright, just getting back up and running now that is ankle is sufficiently healed. With Crabtree on this team, we would be wondering why we wasted our pick on a receiver who is not getting the ball because our QB is on his back too much.

[Partial]

My point is Raji is miscast. He isn't a run defending nose tackle. He's a penetrating DT. He isn't long, fast or quick enough to play DE in our defense, either.

He'd be a really good three tech next to Pickett in the old D. It's kind of a shame to be honest. That line of Jenkins, Raji, Pickett and Kamp looks pretty darn good.

[Brohm]

Not sure about miscast yet, but that line would look good. CMIII as a blitzing/covering SLB. I think it could go either direction.

[Waldo]

My point is Raji is miscast. He isn't a run defending nose tackle. He's a penetrating DT. He isn't long, fast or quick enough to play DE in our defense, either.

He'd be a really good three tech next to Pickett in the old D. It's kind of a shame to be honest. That line of Jenkins, Raji, Pickett and Kamp looks pretty darn good.

How much 3-4 do you think that we run?

[Partial]

My point is Raji is miscast. He isn't a run defending nose tackle. He's a penetrating DT. He isn't long, fast or quick enough to play DE in our defense, either.

He'd be a really good three tech next to Pickett in the old D. It's kind of a shame to be honest. That line of Jenkins, Raji, Pickett and Kamp looks pretty darn good.

How much 3-4 do you think that we run?

Probably 50%. I know what you're going to say. He's a beast in the 2-5. Well, maybe he will, but I haven't seen it yet.

[Waldo]

My point is Raji is miscast. He isn't a run defending nose tackle. He's a penetrating DT. He isn't long, fast or quick enough to play DE in our defense, either.

He'd be a really good three tech next to Pickett in the old D. It's kind of a shame to be honest. That line of Jenkins, Raji, Pickett and Kamp looks pretty darn good.

How much 3-4 do you think that we run?

Probably 50%. I know what you're going to say. He's a beast in the 2-5. Well, maybe he will, but I haven't seen it yet.

He looked like our best interior lineman today in 2-4 sets.

They doubled him when Dom didn't blitz up the middle, he got off the blocks, and he got real good push up the middle.

If Kamp, Clay, and Barnett couldn't catch Freeman despite having what looked like easy sacks, no way Raji can. Freeman IMO looked GREAT in the pocket. The only reason he had "all day" is because he made it so.

Raji looked better than he has yet in 3-4 sets too. He had a great TFL from the nose spot.

[channtheman]

All of a sudden we only give rookies half a season to either

A). Declare them a bust
B). Declare them the second coming of one of the top receivers in the game after putting forth a couple of okay games.

Here's Crabtree's 3 games this year

Texans    5 receptions/56 yards
Colts     6 receptions/81 yards
Tennessee 3 receptions/30 yards

I would rather have Raji over that any day of the week, and to compare Crabtree to Fitzgerald who is a top receiver at this point is absolute lunacy. Add to the fact that Crabby might have character problems and Fitzgerald is a great teamate (what some might call a Packer person if he was a Packer), there is just no comparison AT ALL at this point.

EDIT: Okay, I've seriously been fucked up by this loss. Why the hell did I think the original post compared Crabby to Fitzgerald? Or did someone else somewhere and I thought that someone did that here as well? I need some more fukitol, and then off to bed.

[Bretsky]

Crabtree IMO will be a better player
I wanted him before and I'd take him over Raji now.

The one game I watched SF he looked very fluent and natural. Nothing I've seen thus far has changed my mind.