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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 590948"><p>Nope, I hope the Packers win the Super Bowl and Capers leaves. But like I said, I project his departure on or after 2027.</p><p></p><p>I never rooted for Raji to be bad; I knew him to be bad. Interestingly, I ran across the following link just before you posted, a piece written in the 2013 preseason, so your comments are well-timed:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/raji-concentrates-on-learning-improving-b9948616z1-215012981.html" target="_blank">http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/raji-concentrates-on-learning-improving-b9948616z1-215012981.html</a></p><p></p><p>"As rudimentary as it sounds, Raji spent much of his off-season focused on shedding blockers. While that basic football fundamental is preached beginning in Pop Warner, Raji said that aspect of his game had slipped.</p><p></p><p>So Raji and defensive line coach Mike Trgovac devoted much of their off-season to working on that premise.</p><p></p><p>"I think, and Mike Trgovac said it the best, he feels like that's one of the most under-coached things in the league, being able to get off blocks because you kind of tend to believe that a guy makes it to this level that he's just able to naturally do it," Raji said. "And he's made a concerted effort to help us as far as that's concerned. I'm just trying to follow suit and do the best I can."</p><p></p><p>Without getting into how remarkable these admissions might be, let's consider how that offseason "work" paid off.</p><p></p><p>In 2013, Raji managed 17 tackles, 3 for loss and 1 pass defended in 666 snaps with only about 15% of those snaps at the nose. By every measure and eye test, it was a dreadful season. His primary work was as a base DE and nickel 3-tech. It was his 2nd. consecutive season without a sack over something like 1400 snaps. Putting Raji back at NT for 2014 was supposed to be the next solution for his failing to get off blocks? Really?</p><p></p><p>Without even considering a Guion/Raji comparison, let's look at Boyd's production this year playing a similar role to Raji's in 2013...mostly base DE, a little NT. Boyd took 35% of the defensive snaps, or about 350 snaps. Despite playing something like 47% fewer snaps than Raji in 2013, Boyd managed 19 tackles, 3 for loss, and 1 pass defended.</p><p></p><p>I'm sure it will surprise many readers of this post, as it did for me, that Boyd was on the field for 1/3 of our defensive snaps, considering how unimpactful he's been. Yet his tackling production was nearly double Raji's 2013 performance on a per snap basis doing the same job. Changes to the defensive front from a 2-gap to a 1-gap approach does not account for the difference.</p><p></p><p>While I would never wish an injury on any player, Packer or otherwise, Raji's injury was fortuitous.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 590948"] Nope, I hope the Packers win the Super Bowl and Capers leaves. But like I said, I project his departure on or after 2027. I never rooted for Raji to be bad; I knew him to be bad. Interestingly, I ran across the following link just before you posted, a piece written in the 2013 preseason, so your comments are well-timed: [url]http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/raji-concentrates-on-learning-improving-b9948616z1-215012981.html[/url] "As rudimentary as it sounds, Raji spent much of his off-season focused on shedding blockers. While that basic football fundamental is preached beginning in Pop Warner, Raji said that aspect of his game had slipped. So Raji and defensive line coach Mike Trgovac devoted much of their off-season to working on that premise. "I think, and Mike Trgovac said it the best, he feels like that's one of the most under-coached things in the league, being able to get off blocks because you kind of tend to believe that a guy makes it to this level that he's just able to naturally do it," Raji said. "And he's made a concerted effort to help us as far as that's concerned. I'm just trying to follow suit and do the best I can." Without getting into how remarkable these admissions might be, let's consider how that offseason "work" paid off. In 2013, Raji managed 17 tackles, 3 for loss and 1 pass defended in 666 snaps with only about 15% of those snaps at the nose. By every measure and eye test, it was a dreadful season. His primary work was as a base DE and nickel 3-tech. It was his 2nd. consecutive season without a sack over something like 1400 snaps. Putting Raji back at NT for 2014 was supposed to be the next solution for his failing to get off blocks? Really? Without even considering a Guion/Raji comparison, let's look at Boyd's production this year playing a similar role to Raji's in 2013...mostly base DE, a little NT. Boyd took 35% of the defensive snaps, or about 350 snaps. Despite playing something like 47% fewer snaps than Raji in 2013, Boyd managed 19 tackles, 3 for loss, and 1 pass defended. I'm sure it will surprise many readers of this post, as it did for me, that Boyd was on the field for 1/3 of our defensive snaps, considering how unimpactful he's been. Yet his tackling production was nearly double Raji's 2013 performance on a per snap basis doing the same job. Changes to the defensive front from a 2-gap to a 1-gap approach does not account for the difference. While I would never wish an injury on any player, Packer or otherwise, Raji's injury was fortuitous. [/QUOTE]
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