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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 763212">Can I assume we're talking about Quenton Nelson?It may still be 1980 at Notre Dame but it's 2018 in the NFL, and certainly in Packerland.There are two questions you must ask yourself:  (1) why was't he playing LT in college and (2) why isn't he projected to play LT in the pros?There's a simple answer to the first question.  Notre Dame passed the ball 352 times vs. 560 runs.  If he were a "generational talent" however, we should see him projected to at least RT in the pros.  I'm not seeing that.  Perhaps the Combine will alter that perception.In a world of limited capital in terms of draft and cap, OGs should be found among the collection of college OTs that lack something in terms of range, quick feet, hand work, big hands and/or long arms to play the pass blocking money positions in the pros.  That's how the Packers got Sitton and Lang on the cheap in the draft.The capital expenditure of a first round pick on an OG, or a C for that matter, would be a better fit for teams that want to run the ball a lot and by that I mean teams that lack a franchise QB and opt for Plan B.</blockquote>

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