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<blockquote data-quote="paulska" data-source="post: 548292" data-attributes="member: 557"><p>I guess this is what I'm getting at- Raji has been inconsistent. So was Pickett to start his career before he came to us. I think Pickett learned that he wasn't the second coming of John Randle or Warren Sapp at DT, and made a decision to become an effective player earning a good salary, understanding that his "money" was going to come with consistent play over a number of years.</p><p></p><p>My question is whether or not Raji has the wherewithal to experience a similar realization. If he does, and he evolves into that space eating clogger game in and out over 16 games, with the coaching staff witness to the professionalism to practice and play hard, why wouldn't he be a guy worth paying Pickett money on a shorter deal? Casey Hampton never put up stats, but got paid well for what he did.</p><p></p><p>If the Dr. Phil'ism that past performance is the best predictor of future behaviour is accurate, then I think HRE has a valid point and TT has made a savvy one year stop gap deal so the proverbial cupboard isn't bare along the DL for us without hamstringing us in the longterm with an overpaid guy who it hurts to cut financially.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps I'm just wishing aloud here- there isn't much question that Raji has the tools to provide what we need, but his mind isn't set to capitalize on them. Raji appears to be a good kid, and I'm hoping that he'll take a look at someone like Pickett and see that another 6-7 years at 4-5 million isn't a bad deal at all, whether you make the probowl or not, just by doing dirty work that few other teams will sit up and take notice of.</p><p></p><p>That said, I'm bummed we didn't get Paul Solilai to replace him at NT. I don't watch enough college football to have any clear sense of whether or not there are good candidates out there at NT- looks like we're going to have to find out there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="paulska, post: 548292, member: 557"] I guess this is what I'm getting at- Raji has been inconsistent. So was Pickett to start his career before he came to us. I think Pickett learned that he wasn't the second coming of John Randle or Warren Sapp at DT, and made a decision to become an effective player earning a good salary, understanding that his "money" was going to come with consistent play over a number of years. My question is whether or not Raji has the wherewithal to experience a similar realization. If he does, and he evolves into that space eating clogger game in and out over 16 games, with the coaching staff witness to the professionalism to practice and play hard, why wouldn't he be a guy worth paying Pickett money on a shorter deal? Casey Hampton never put up stats, but got paid well for what he did. If the Dr. Phil'ism that past performance is the best predictor of future behaviour is accurate, then I think HRE has a valid point and TT has made a savvy one year stop gap deal so the proverbial cupboard isn't bare along the DL for us without hamstringing us in the longterm with an overpaid guy who it hurts to cut financially. Perhaps I'm just wishing aloud here- there isn't much question that Raji has the tools to provide what we need, but his mind isn't set to capitalize on them. Raji appears to be a good kid, and I'm hoping that he'll take a look at someone like Pickett and see that another 6-7 years at 4-5 million isn't a bad deal at all, whether you make the probowl or not, just by doing dirty work that few other teams will sit up and take notice of. That said, I'm bummed we didn't get Paul Solilai to replace him at NT. I don't watch enough college football to have any clear sense of whether or not there are good candidates out there at NT- looks like we're going to have to find out there. [/QUOTE]
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