Round 1 Pick 13 - Lukas Van Ness

[BF004]

Go

[NCF]

I spent very little time on The Draft this year, but underwhelmed with the pick as an initial impression.

[Drj820]

Snoozer

But who knows

[Drj820]

Internet is clowning the packers by saying our selection never started a game at Iowa. Strange if true.

[Labrev]

Good pick. A few others available that I liked better, but LVN is gonna be a good one.

Aaron Kampman reincarnate. We get Gary on his fifth-year option, then extend for four, and then another guy at the other EDGE spot with the same freakish power on a rookie deal. That's gonna be a fiendish tandem if it all shakes out right.

[Waldo]

Kampman v2?

[YoHoChecko]

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[Scott4Pack]

LVN is going to be good. He’s also going to be able to play numerous spots and offer some interior pass rush. He can run after Hurts and Fields and others pretty well too.

[wallyuwl]

He isn't Kampman. And if he is, that is an awful use of draft capital since Kamp was a 7th.

[wallyuwl]

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He needs to ask CMIII who his roids dealer is with that bench. That is bad at 270+

[YoHoChecko]

Internet is clowning the packers by saying our selection never started a game at Iowa. Strange if true.

Iowa starts seniors first. He played rotational starter snaps. I think more than the starter, if I recall correctly. Just a weird college thing at their program.


But he is RAW raw. Like he doesn't have pass rush moves, he just overpowers people, mostly, but has the frame and mold and potential to develop into a lot more. I prefer more development with my elite athletes in the top 15, but he's an elite ceiling athlete with a good motor at a premium position, so he'll likely turn out at least solid.

[YoHoChecko]

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[YoHoChecko]

This was a VERY common mock draft pairing and I'm a little surprised by the number of people who are hearing of him tonight in any depth for the first time

Like LVN was probably the 3rd-most mocked guy in all the draft coverage. He was considered quite the need-athlete-style fit for our team.

I'm very lukewarm on the value, but it's a very conventional pick perfectly in line with most expectations aside from not being JSN.

[paco]

[Scott4Pack]

Aaron Nagler just said on CHTV that Van Ness is the EXACT type of guy that the Patriots would draft. So, he is suggesting strongly that the Packers liked him when they were still at 15 and this prompted them moving up to 13, just to land VN.

And as we see, now that the Pack has picked VN, the Pats traded back afterward.

We’ll see how that shakes out.

[Pckfn23]

Let's make the real comparison to Rashan Gary. This isn't Kampman or Matthews.

[kampmanfan4life]

From Silverstein: Iowa has some weird thing where they like to start seniors. He still played a ton. He was a de facto starter and played a lot of snaps.

[wallyuwl]

He is not strong. 17 reps and 31" vertical. Those are numbers from a 6th rounder. The question is if he can get stronger without losing his speed.

[Pckfn23]

Aaron Nagler just said on CHTV that Van Ness is the EXACT type of guy that the Patriots would draft. So, he is suggesting strongly that the Packers liked him when they were still at 15 and this prompted them moving up to 13, just to land VN.

And as we see, now that the Pack has picked VN, the Pats traded back afterward.

We’ll see how that shakes out.

Would make sense since the Patriots immediately traded back.

[lupedafiasco]

Honestly expected this. Had it in the mock. Just screamed Gutenbumst by getting a young height weight speed player. I don’t hate it. I actually do believe he was the 2nd best player in the board but I am very concerned with the offense. The rest of the draft will determine how I truly feel.