Packers OTA Idle Until June; Raji and Pickett Switch Positions

My guess is the plan is for Raji to be our 3-4 NT anchor for a LONG time so they want him getting into that position now. Might as well just do that and get him starting to dominate at that position.

I don’t think this has ANYTHING to do w/ Jolly whatsoever… Raji needs the reps at NT, whether he is going to be the primary NT or the backup. HE NEEDS REPS, which he didn’t really get last year! Thats all it is… Getting Raji reps at NT so he can improve as a NT.

Raji’s position is going to be NT, whether this year on next, doesn’t matter… HE needs reps as a NT to get better at playing NT. Playing DE only hurts his ability to ultimately be a good NT!!! IMO, Pickett will still be a NT vs the run. But w/ the NFL being a passing league, getting Raji reps as a NT and as a DT in nickel is what he is going to do the most this year!!!

I understand the idea because Raji needs more experience at NT and Pickett has longer arms. However, Raji provides that burst off the line. I think that sudden burst and ability to get after the QB will give Brad Jones a better opportunity to get after the QB when called upon to do so.

On the other hand, it will be nice to have a push up the middle. Contrary to that though, it’s a lot more difficult to do that as opposed to the outside of the OL. Raji will get plenty of snaps at NT for when he is called upon to be the starter. I just hope it isn’t this season as we have Pickett.

I’d also like to add that I wouldn’t mind seeing what Mike Neal can do at NT. Neal is a lot like Jay Ratliff. Both are undersized, but amazingly strong. That would be an interesting experiment.

I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt that maybe he just got into a bad situation with the wrong people around him and just made a mistake and he’s young and maybe he’ll change and yada yada. But his public comments about it came across as him taking a “poor me” attitude, annoyed that anybody was asking about it. He basically said “I’m the victim here, but I’ll get through it with God’s help.” …he always mentioned God in there …which he probably thinks makes him humble. Well, guess what, dude… there’s a name for people who think that mentioning God’s name excuses all the bad things they do. They’re called hypocrites.

People who are actually good are the ones who accept the blame for what they’ve done and try to change. But Jolly goes out and puts out this poster of him partying it up. Now I’m not judging him. But, I’m just saying: anybody want to take a friendly wager on how that drug test the judge ordered is going to come out?

It’s too bad. He’s a good football player. But one of my favorite things about being a Packer fan is that our team finds a way to get rid of people like this. (now if we can just find a way to bounce that guy who kept pushing in the line for the bathroom the last time I was at Lambeau, we’d be all set!)