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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Packers defensive tackle B.J. Raji is out for the season after tearing his right biceps in Green Bay's 31-21 preseason win over the Raiders on Friday night, reports NFL.com's Ian Rapoport.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MMQB: Packers face uphill battle converting Julius Peppers to OLB&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rapoport&amp;nbsp;initially reported that Raji was believed to have torn his biceps, but the team was waiting for tests to determine the extent of the tear.&amp;nbsp;Head coach Mike McCarthy said after the game&amp;nbsp;Raji \"felt confident,\" but test results confirmed the team's fear Raji&amp;nbsp;would be lost for the year.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;San Francisco nose tackle Glenn Dorsey&amp;nbsp;is expected to miss most, if not all, of the season with a torn biceps.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Raji, 28, signed a one-year, $4 million deal this offseason. In five seasons with the Packers, the ninth pick of the 2009 draft out of Boston College has 10.5 sacks and has missed only four games.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NFC North preview: Healthy Rodgers makes Packers Super Bowl threat&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The results are in and they are not good. #Packers NT BJ Raji is out for the season with a torn bicep, source says. This was the fear\r\n\u2014 Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) August 23, 2014\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em &gt;- Chris Mascaro&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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