My point in bringing this up is that not one other person on the Packers team has said anything even remotely looking like bulletin board material. That oneness demonstrates a unified front of a team completely dialed in to their own responsibilities. The opponent doesn’t matter because if the Packers execute, they have no chance. I guarantee that’s how McCarthy and company wants it and he just weakened his team.

Bottom line, if ARodge or someone who has actually performed at a high level was spouting off it’s one thing. For Raji to say anything about anyone is ridiculous and is undoubtedly stepping outside the circle.

He better show up in a big way.

When he made the Pro Bowl, one of their writers went off on him like I’d never seen before….check it out. Here’s the excerpt after the last Lions game. https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2012/01/02/re-focused-lions-packers-week-17/

Relevant Raji

While the Pro Bowl is now considered a universal symbol of inadequacy, certain selections go beyond poor and border on the surreal. In what world can a player as big as B.J. Raji (-3.5) play so poorly for so long and still make the trip? It’s inconceivable to think of a 350lb man as invisible, but despite playing 79% of all defensive snaps, his play is generally undetectable.

In 885 snaps he’s picked up three sacks, one hit, 16 hurries and 13 tackles. Thirteen. One-three. In almost 200 less snaps Brandon Mebane has 37. Thirteen is the same number as the following NFC interior linemen with their snaps in parentheses; Shaun Rodgers (301), Trevor Laws (315), Dan Williams (244), Matt Toeaina (401), Letroy Guion (508).

No doubt we’ll have some comments below about how “he was always double-teamed” or “he was standing up the center so someone else could make a play”. I hope not, because that would be rubbish; complete unadulterated nonsense. The truth is he’s been terrible, but no one with a vote watches enough football to either do the right thing or care. If one of the 50 souls with an All-Pro vote sees fit to waste it on him then they should have it confiscated immediately. If you are interested in what he contributed in this game then there is plenty of footage of him leaning on Detroit linemen and absolutely none of him helping his team.

Wow huh. There’s more…

B.J. Raji, NT, Green Bay Packers

PFF Rating: -15.6

PFF Conference Ranking: Last of 88

Analysis: Raji started off the year hot but since then? Well he’s our lowest rated tackle in the NFC so that should tell you everything. He doesn’t get off blocks to make tackles, and rarely penetrates into the backfield with his play being bad enough to result in a reduction in playing time. Gone are those dominant displays and now you rarely notice that he’s on the field. That is what has become of Raji so his selection, more than any other, discredits the Pro Bowl. Sure Kevin Williams isn’t the player he once was, and sure Alan Branch doesn’t have a big reputation, but those guys are actually influencing games. Heck, we’ve criticized Ndamukong Suh before but at least he consistently generates pressure on the QB. Raji, in 2011, has done so little on so many snaps he shouldn’t even been in the conversation. A real fail on this front.

Key Fact: Has made 10 defensive stops all year. That’s less than a player like Isaac Sopoaga.