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2009 Draft - Round 1, Pick 9, Overall Pick 9 - BJ Raji
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<blockquote data-quote="nelanator" data-source="post: 243338" data-attributes="member: 889"><p>Pretty much every source I've seen mentions maturity and questionable work ethic as red flags. This is the first time I've seen this particular source, but you won't get a better one:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.nfl.com/draft/2009/profiles/b.j.-raji?id=79631#profiles-tabs:players-analysis" target="_blank">National Football League: NFL Draft 2009 - B.J. Raji</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Analysis</strong> Positives: Flashes rare burst off the snap for a man his size and can penetrate into the backfield and disrupt the play without necessarily making the tackle. Good strength and mass at the point of attack to create a pile. Good short-area lateral quickness. Experienced. Missed the 2007 season due to academics, but leaves BC with 38 career starts. Locates the ball quickly and works to make the play. At his best lining up at the nose, though he flashes the initial burst off the snap to be effective as the under-tackle in the 4-3 alignment. Strong enough to pull down ballcarriers with just his arms. Arguably the single-most dominant player during the week of practice at the Senior Bowl. </p><p></p><p> Negatives: Marginal height for the position. Only adequate to shed blocks due to his short arms and lack of sustained quickness. Rare quickness in confined space, but lacks the speed to sustain and struggles to make an impact outside of the guard box. Flashes the burst off the snap for the three-technique (under tackle in the 4-3 alignment), but is only a marginal pass rusher. Relies on his initial burst off the snap and an occasional spin move to pressure. Reliable tackler, but lacks the balance and lateral quickness to break down and make the tackle in space. Most effective when operating as part of a rotation. <strong>Maturity is a concern. Has struggled with his weight, playing in 2006 at more than 350 pounds. Was suspended for the first half of the Clemson game in 2006 for throwing a punch at a Central Michigan player. Missed the entire 2007 season due to academics. </strong></p><p></p><p> Compares To: SHAUN ROGERS, Cleveland -- Rogers is about three inches bigger than Raji, but both have the awesome ability to change the tide of a game on the field and <strong>frustrate coaches by their lack of work ethic away from it</strong>. Raji had a good senior campaign, but it was not earth-shattering. <strong>You have to look at the whole picture here. Is your team going to get a player motivated and hungry to prove his doubters wrong, or a player his former coaching staff had to constantly monitor. That's a lot of money to gamble on someone that can either dominate for you or get a general manager fired.</strong></p><p></p><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>You can pretty much see there what I'm talking about. Other sources have brought up his tendency to take plays off, but I'm too tired to dig them up. The weight thing is the biggest concern here to me. The least concern is the academic stuff. I mean, how intelligent does a DT need to be to clog running lanes? Plus, Boston College has as high of academic standards for their athletes than just about any major program/university in the nation. </p><p></p><p>One more thing, they say in my link that his coach says that he has a high motor. While that could be true, coaches are a terrible source because they never say anything really bad about their players, but routinely lie. Helping their players' draft stock just helps them even more in recruiting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nelanator, post: 243338, member: 889"] Pretty much every source I've seen mentions maturity and questionable work ethic as red flags. This is the first time I've seen this particular source, but you won't get a better one: [url=http://www.nfl.com/draft/2009/profiles/b.j.-raji?id=79631#profiles-tabs:players-analysis]National Football League: NFL Draft 2009 - B.J. Raji[/url] [B]Analysis[/B] Positives: Flashes rare burst off the snap for a man his size and can penetrate into the backfield and disrupt the play without necessarily making the tackle. Good strength and mass at the point of attack to create a pile. Good short-area lateral quickness. Experienced. Missed the 2007 season due to academics, but leaves BC with 38 career starts. Locates the ball quickly and works to make the play. At his best lining up at the nose, though he flashes the initial burst off the snap to be effective as the under-tackle in the 4-3 alignment. Strong enough to pull down ballcarriers with just his arms. Arguably the single-most dominant player during the week of practice at the Senior Bowl. Negatives: Marginal height for the position. Only adequate to shed blocks due to his short arms and lack of sustained quickness. Rare quickness in confined space, but lacks the speed to sustain and struggles to make an impact outside of the guard box. Flashes the burst off the snap for the three-technique (under tackle in the 4-3 alignment), but is only a marginal pass rusher. Relies on his initial burst off the snap and an occasional spin move to pressure. Reliable tackler, but lacks the balance and lateral quickness to break down and make the tackle in space. Most effective when operating as part of a rotation. [B]Maturity is a concern. Has struggled with his weight, playing in 2006 at more than 350 pounds. Was suspended for the first half of the Clemson game in 2006 for throwing a punch at a Central Michigan player. Missed the entire 2007 season due to academics. [/B] Compares To: SHAUN ROGERS, Cleveland -- Rogers is about three inches bigger than Raji, but both have the awesome ability to change the tide of a game on the field and [B]frustrate coaches by their lack of work ethic away from it[/B]. Raji had a good senior campaign, but it was not earth-shattering. [B]You have to look at the whole picture here. Is your team going to get a player motivated and hungry to prove his doubters wrong, or a player his former coaching staff had to constantly monitor. That's a lot of money to gamble on someone that can either dominate for you or get a general manager fired.[/B] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can pretty much see there what I'm talking about. Other sources have brought up his tendency to take plays off, but I'm too tired to dig them up. The weight thing is the biggest concern here to me. The least concern is the academic stuff. I mean, how intelligent does a DT need to be to clog running lanes? Plus, Boston College has as high of academic standards for their athletes than just about any major program/university in the nation. One more thing, they say in my link that his coach says that he has a high motor. While that could be true, coaches are a terrible source because they never say anything really bad about their players, but routinely lie. Helping their players' draft stock just helps them even more in recruiting. [/QUOTE]
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