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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dantés" data-source="post: 871249" data-attributes="member: 12283">The bench press should be the least of your concerns, as it's largely an irrelevant metric. The most it can tell you is whether or not a guy is committed to the weight room, but that isn't in doubt with a player like Epenesa. Plus, he has 34.5" arms.The problem for Epenesa and the Packers isn't athleticism (while he doesn't fit the profile of the type of athlete they draft high, athleticism at least shouldn't disqualify him). Its fit. He is and always has been an edge in an even front at Iowa. He wins by being a strong edge setter and beating offensive tackles with a varied, technical approach. He's not an interior rusher.So if you draft him, you have two options. You can move him inside and try to use your 1st round investment in a manner that actually limits his value, because it's not what he really does well. Or you can add him to a heavy rotation with the Smiths and Gary, and hope that you can get him maybe 40% of the snaps.Either way, it's a bad use of a high pick. If the Packers hadn't invested so heavily in the edge last off-season, I could see it. But as it is, he should be off their board.</blockquote>

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