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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 661754">Nick Vannett, reported yesterday:<a href="http://www.acmepackingcompany.com/2016-nfl-draft-packers/2016/4/19/11461060/packers-draft-visits-ohio-state-tight-end-nick-vannett-report" target="_blank">http://www.acmepackingcompany.com/2016-nfl-draft-packers/2016/4/19/11461060/packers-draft-visits-ohio-state-tight-end-nick-vannett-report</a>This is the kind of run blocking TE we've been discussing for the #3 spot.  The guy may even be a better pass blocker than run blocker, but the Packers rarely use that option.This guy is getting a lot of 3rd. round grades.  Really?  There's a fair amount of OSU fever in the pundits' draft projections this season.  There is no way the Packers should draft him anywhere near that level.  Like Rodgers, he runs around 4.9.  That, together with his jumping numbers, make him look like an athletic OT.Acme Packing is reporting the visit as a "workout and/or visit".  "Workout" is likely the operative term...to find out if the Pro Day was just a bad day.At least with Vannett you'd see a guy break a tackle from time to time.6th. round tops, and that's based on "good college football player" with limited projection.</blockquote>

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