Raji re-signed...Now show me what you got!

[Brandon494]

Per TomSilverstein

Packers NT B.J. Raji has accepted a deal to return to Green Bay, according to a source. Expected to be a one-year deal, could be incentives.

Part of the selling point to Raji was that he would be able to play a true NT position. Was at his best when he did that.

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/250370361.html?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

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part of the selling point was that no one else in the entire nfl wanted him

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so, to sum up

we have now spent almost half of our available cap in order to keep together the defense that ranked dead last over the last half of the season, while not spending a single cent trying to fix or improve the defense

top notch

[Brandon494]

Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 17m

Other teams interested in BJ Raji before he signed his deal with the #Packers? #Raiders and #Chiefs.

[Brandon494]

so, to sum up

we have now spent almost half of our available cap in order to keep together the defense that ranked dead last over the last half of the season, while not spending a single cent trying to fix or improve the defense

top notch

Yea because its not like we had any injuries or anything.

[denverYooper]

When TT was about to sign the contract, I wonder if he asked Raji to "reach in the bag and pull out his wallet"

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omg here we go

injuries, injuries, injuries, injuries, injuries

we didn't win the super bowl-injuries
we were barely .500- injuries
the defense sucks- injuries
the defense looks confused-injuries
hawk sucks-injuries
raji sucks-injuries
shaper raped a bunch of chicks-injuries
we have no starting safety on the roster-injuries
burnett can't figure out who to cover allowing game winning TD-injuries
M3 can't adapt during games- injuries
team rarely comes out fired up or prepared to play-injuries

we've been plagued by injuries for about 5 years now. at some point people really need to accept that injuries happen in football and good teams find a way to adapt

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someone posted somewhere on here today a joke about TT and M3 trying to sign or draft injury prone guys so they always have in a built in excuse.

that joke might not be far from reality, because most fans are willing to swallow the injury excuse, hook-line ans sinker

[Brandon494]

We didn't have our best two players for half the season but yea lets just ignore the injuries.

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We didn't have our best two players for half the season but yea lets just ignore the injuries.

so the defense sucked because a-rod was injured

and mathews is the only guy that matters on defense

our defense was bad in 2012-injuries

defense is historically bad in 2011-injuries

quick giving the D and M3 and TT a free pass because some guys get injured every year. every team has injured players

[SMBASS]

Since he's still one of ours I hope he gets his act together and has a good upcoming year but in my opinion I would have let him walk. The guy has about 1 1/2 or 2 decent years out of 5 and the last two have been complete crap. I don't have much hope that he's all of a sudden going to find some heart and turn into an impactful player this year. (Again, I hope I'm wrong.) I just think that 4M could have been used to sign someone on D who could have made more of an impact. I guess we'll see. I'm not going to have a fit about it or lose any sleep but it's not what I would have done.

[Fritz]

I like the signing. If he plays nose tackle, it will play to his strengths. Hopefully, he's been humbled and will work harder to get that fat contract next time.

Packers can now draft a NT to groom and get into the rotation.

I like it.

Don't worry Red. The defense will be better this year. TT's gonna surprise you and sign Chris Clemons and draft a safety in the first three rounds.

Well, okay, maybe he won't.

[Brandon494]

so the defense sucked because a-rod was injured

and mathews is the only guy that matters on defense

Nope, Hayward, Worthy, D. Jones, Perry, and Jolly also mattered but Clay just happens to be our best defensive player. I'm not saying the defense is perfect but FA is far from over and we still have the NFL draft. BTW which NT would you have signed over Raji in FA?

[Brandon494]

Since he's still one of ours I hope he gets his act together and has a good upcoming year but in my opinion I would have let him walk. The guy has about 1 1/2 or 2 decent years out of 5 and the last two have been complete crap. I don't have much hope that he's all of a sudden going to find some heart and turn into an impactful player this year. (Again, I hope I'm wrong.) I just think that 4M could have been used to sign someone on D who could have made more of an impact. I guess we'll see. I'm not going to have a fit about it or lose any sleep but it's not what I would have done.

Pretty sure he was a stud his first 3 years in the league until we moved him to DE his last two seasons. BTW who would you have signed at NT instead of Raji?

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Nope, Hayward, Worthy, D. Jones, Perry, and Jolly also mattered but Clay just happens to be our best defensive player. I'm not saying the defense is perfect but FA is far from over and we still have the NFL draft. BTW which NT would you have signed over Raji in FA?

hayward is our #3 cb
worthy his shit
d.jones a rookie who chances are wasn't going to give you much this year any ways
perry is shit
jolly played almost the whole year, and the defense still sucked with him in there

which NT? someone that gives a shit when he's on the field and actually busts his ass. someone that tries