WTF: Packers and Raji Close to One Year Deal?

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So says PFT.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/06/report-packers-raji-close-to-one-year-deal/

Based on this:

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/441538770626940928

AdamSchefter @AdamSchefter
Packers and B.J. Raji are close to completing a 1-year deal that will keep the DT in Green Bay and off the free-agent market, per sources.

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yeah, we're already talking about it in the free agent thread

i think TT has lost his god damn mind

if its for 3 or 4 million i guess i could live with it. but man, he's such a bad fit for what we do

watch it be for like 9 or 10 million this year

[pbmax]

Whoops, sorry to jump it. Didn't see it. Must have been looking at non refreshed page.

But I think it deserves its own thread. Let's list the things i was wrong about:

1. Raji has no leverage anywhere, no matter scheme
2. Raji apparently doesn't think fit is wrong with Capers because he could take a one year prove it deal with a lot of other teams
3. Thought Shields would get done before this and that it was more likely both walked than Raji re-signing.

[denverYooper]

Saw that. Cray. The linked JS article (http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/248749241.html) implies a chilly reception from the market for (Teach Me How To) Raji.

After Raji's contract season turned sour in 2013, the Packers pulled their offer and determined to let Raji test his market value. His agent, David Dunn, has been able to do that for weeks.

[denverYooper]

This might deserve its own thread. It's pretty big news.

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yeah, we're already talking about it in the free agent thread

i think TT has lost his god damn mind

if its for 3 or 4 million i guess i could live with it. but man, he's such a bad fit for what we do

watch it be for like 9 or 10 million this year

There is a theory, Patler mentioned this, that a player, to truly alter their game and become a complete player, has to be humbled first. He certainly has been humbled. I would be stunned though if this is not a one year deal closet to $8 million than 3-4 million.

Raji was naturally gifted enough to get by for several years, but hasn't grown much. This might provide incentive.

[3irty1]

I'm chatting right now with my friend who works at ESPN Milwaukee and he's telling me its for ~4M. I can dig it. 1 year deal is perfect.

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Whoops, sorry to jump it. Didn't see it. Must have been looking at non refreshed page.

But I think it deserves its own thread. Let's list the things i was wrong about:

1. Raji has no leverage anywhere, no matter scheme
2. Raji apparently doesn't think fit is wrong with Capers because he could take a one year prove it deal with a lot of other teams
3. Thought Shields would get done before this and that it was more likely both walked than Raji re-signing.

yeah it deserves its own thread, but i didn't want to start it because i was too busy being disappointed by the news

i'm still waiting for the real news to come out, that we've offered another team a 1 year payment if they sign raji away from us

[KYPack]

If we keep Raji and lose Shields that means I was 100% wrong about what I thought was going to happen.

That's about par.

Let's sign Pick, Jolly, & Neal.

That'll put us right back where we started, but I'll feel better.

[pbmax]

Saw that. Cray. The linked JS article (http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/248749241.html) implies a chilly reception from the market for (Teach Me How To) Raji.

Wow. $4 million. Ted is a thief, of course, that means the market told Raji he was third tier FA. Even second tier guys get multiple years with bonuses.

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I'm chatting right now with my friend who works at ESPN Milwaukee and he's telling me its for ~4M. I can dig it. 1 year deal is perfect.

yeah, thats not horrible at all, easy to live with if it turns out to be the case

[3irty1]

I guess its going down tomorrow.

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is there any chance at all that this could be a sign and trade?

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If we keep Raji and lose Shields that means I was 100% wrong about what I thought was going to happen.

That's about par.

Let's sign Pick, Jolly, & Neal.

That'll put us right back where we started, but I'll feel better.

you and everyone else KY

[pbmax]

This also adds fuel to speculation that Raji went into a midseason funk. Not because Rodgers got hurt, but because his money evaporated.

So then I am left to wonder who the malingerer McCarthy was talking about.