Zero2Cool
15 years ago

(Could you talk about your decision to keep Raji out again and what his prospects are?)
I just sat down with B.J. Saturday and talked to him about it. He doesn't have a full gait back. He's not running without a limp. He feels good. He just has to get over that last hurdle, and that comes down to strength. We just didn't feel he was 100 percent, and I didn't think it was smart to expose him when he's not 100 percent. Everybody is excited to see him play, he's excited to get out there and play, but at the end of the day, there's 16 games in the regular season. I did not want to put him out there until he's 100 percent.




Not many, but a few were blasting the staff for not activating Raji when we need DL help. Again, sounds like Raji was not 100%. He had soreness and also from this quote has a limp while running.

Raji being inactive, the right call.
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mi_keys
15 years ago
If it's something where the staff feels there is a higher than normal chance of re-injury and letting this become a nagging problem all year then absolutely that is the right call to leave him out. Hopefully, we'll see him next week.
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gbguy20
15 years ago
thread title is slightly misleading, im glad YOU weren't saying mccarthy was stupid for sitting him, zero.
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Yerko
15 years ago
I'd rather see a 100% Raji beasting through an o-line than have our rookie "star" get re-injured. Here's to hoping he is 100% for the Rams so I can see him BEAST live!
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PackerTraxx
15 years ago
I would consider sitting him for the Rams. We should not need him. I want him healthy for the Queens, we will need him.
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bozz_2006
15 years ago
I am still not so sure it was the right call. I wonder how many guys who played this week were 100% healthy? Probably not that many, IMO.
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Rockmolder
15 years ago

(Could you talk about your decision to keep Raji out again and what his prospects are?)
I just sat down with B.J. Saturday and talked to him about it. He doesn't have a full gait back. He's not running without a limp. He feels good. He just has to get over that last hurdle, and that comes down to strength. We just didn't feel he was 100 percent, and I didn't think it was smart to expose him when he's not 100 percent. Everybody is excited to see him play, he's excited to get out there and play, but at the end of the day, there's 16 games in the regular season. I did not want to put him out there until he's 100 percent.

"oskarliminga" wrote:




Not many, but a few were blasting the staff for not activating Raji when we need DL help. Again, sounds like Raji was not 100%. He had soreness and also from this quote has a limp while running.

Raji being inactive, the right call.

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I disagree Zero, though admittedly from the benefit of hindsight. I questioned this yesterday and you seemed to agree with me then.

We got beat basically by a mid-level back, and Raji told Mike he was ready to go prior to the game. Mike overruled him. I could argue that if Raji were in there he would have made the difference in stopping Benson, but that still remains to be seen.

I still think that Ted fucked up the draft pick, but this also remains to be seen. All I know is that the 9 pick wasn't out there when he was needed, and that after he told his coach that he was ready.

This team has many evident problems, and most of them are not on the playing field.



Hindsight is indeed a big part of this. No one actually thought that we'd need Raji out there. There was absolutely no reason to start him if he was still injured.

There's a good 330 lbs on those two feet. That's not something you want to play around with. Especially not after what happend to our previous 1st round DT.

I still think that it was the right decision. Both for this game and in the draft. Had Monroe fallen, I would've gone with him, but I can not see who you would've prefered at that point otherwise....
PackFanWithTwins
15 years ago
I don't think Raji would have done better than the players that did play. What do we want out of the Dline? We want them to take up blockers so the LBers can make plays. Problem was that the LBers were not making them this week.

Save him til healthy IMO.
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Zero2Cool
15 years ago

(Could you talk about your decision to keep Raji out again and what his prospects are?)
I just sat down with B.J. Saturday and talked to him about it. He doesn't have a full gait back. He's not running without a limp. He feels good. He just has to get over that last hurdle, and that comes down to strength. We just didn't feel he was 100 percent, and I didn't think it was smart to expose him when he's not 100 percent. Everybody is excited to see him play, he's excited to get out there and play, but at the end of the day, there's 16 games in the regular season. I did not want to put him out there until he's 100 percent.

"oskarliminga" wrote:




Not many, but a few were blasting the staff for not activating Raji when we need DL help. Again, sounds like Raji was not 100%. He had soreness and also from this quote has a limp while running.

Raji being inactive, the right call.

"Zero2Cool" wrote:



I disagree Zero, though admittedly from the benefit of hindsight. I questioned this yesterday and you seemed to agree with me then.

We got beat basically by a mid-level back, and Raji told Mike he was ready to go prior to the game. Mike overruled him. I could argue that if Raji were in there he would have made the difference in stopping Benson, but that still remains to be seen.

I still think that Ted fucked up the draft pick, but this also remains to be seen. All I know is that the 9 pick wasn't out there when he was needed, and that after he told his coach that he was ready.

This team has many evident problems, and most of them are not on the playing field.



If it was JUST soreness and he wouldn't further the injury, yes, play his ass.
But finding out he was limping? C'mon a large man limping isn't going to help us much, lol.
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Tezzy
15 years ago
I was greatly disappointed about the inactive status until I heard the reports about limping. Then it made much more sense. And if the Pack had won it wouldn't even be questioned. Can't wait to see this kid bring some steak sauce to the field and start chowing down.
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