As if the Green Bay Packers didn't have enough weapons on offense, they unleashed one Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers the size of a refrigerator.
Heavens to William Perry, it's fullback B.J. Raji. Sent in for what was expected to be blocking purposes, Perry took a handoff from Packers QB Aaron Rodgers on second down and scored from a one-yard touchdown.
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The Packers' first TD of the game, it came with 3:08 left in the first quarter. Raji, by trade a defensive tackle at 6-2, 337 pounds, pounded the ball up the middle as blockers helped shove Buccaneers defenders into the end zone.
Raji's TD was a surprise, but it paled in comparison to a spectacular 54-yard run by Bucs featured back LeGarrette Blount in the second quarter. Blount took a handoff up the middle and escaped at least six potential tacklers on his way to the end zone.
Raji is more adept at stopping running backs than being one, but his role in Week 11 shows he can have it both ways.
It's not the first career touchdown for Raji. In last season's NFC Championship Game, Raji picked off a pass and returned it 18 yards for a TD. He became the first Packers defensive lineman to score a playoff touchdown.
Perry rose to fame with the Chicago Bears in the 1980s when they used him as a fullback in goal-line offense plays. The same height as Raji, Perry was also a defensive tackle who at times weight 50 pounds more than Raji.
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