@titmfatied posted:He grew up in Illinois and family has a vacation house in Wisconsin. He was there tonight.
Side note: What are the chances Papa Van Ness has been relegated to sleeping on that same couch tonight? Wifey probably handed down a game misconduct for the ass pats.
🤣
The comments in the Twitter thread are priceless. "Imma nut to this"
@Boris posted:I think I'm seeing the same folks hand-wringing over this pick that did the same with the Rashaan Gary pick.
Isn't that interesting 🤔
I remember liking the Gary pick a lot. And I dont have a problem with this pick except we have a green as grass QB now that probably needs a little protection in case this thing goes to shit in terms of receivers and protection. Its a different time than then. We still had Super Bowl aspirations with AR at QB. Now we have aspirations to win a half dozen games and see progression in that Green as grass QB. And we now have Joe Barry as DC for at least another year. A defensive coordinator that makes Bob Slowik look like a genius. Packers are going to have to outscore opponents. This team is not going to stop anyone with him as the leader.
LVN versus Skoronski😤 #GoPackGo pic.twitter.com/kpOQvfq56P
— Packers Diehards (@PackersDiehards) April 28, 2023
More of that, please.
Based on that pass set, it's good we didn't get Skoronski. I mean, LVN looked good and I really like his quickness, but Skoronski was so far back on his feet that Betty White would have pushed him over.
People want to compare him to Kampman...IMO, wrong honky...his motor gives me Brian Noble vibes more than AK-74.
I would have preferred offense but we picked at the end of a run on OTs and 10 more picks before any WR went. So value likely wasn't there for an offensive player. Really can't argue with pass rusher as you can never have enough of them. Guy seems to have what it takes to be a good NFL player, so seems like a solid pick.
Will be interesting to see what Gute does with these 2 second rounders. I'd think they'd both be offense but I think Gute is mostly a value drafter - just depends on what the board looks like.
I would have preferred Broderick Jones then Isaiah Foskey later but there are still solid tackles left to build up the offensive line.
Lukas Van Ness was the right pick for the Packers
"Athletically, Van Ness is everything you can ask for. He needs to learn a few more pass-rush moves and be more comfortable in a two-point stance, but those are non-critical factors for a player who was a 220-pound high schooler who was focused just as much on hockey as he was on football just three years ago. The arrow is trending up and the Packers bought him “low.” Had he stayed at Iowa for another season, earning enough tenure to actually record a “start” with the Hawkeyes, he probably would have been a top-10 lock with the extra year of development.
Sound familiar? That’s right, it’s Rashan Gary all over again. Is he a finished product? No. Is he a good pick for the slot? Yes. Do you know what’s better than one Rashan Gary? Two."
If we need to compare him to Gary, he looks further developed at his position than Gary did coming out of UM. He actually has stats as a pass rusher.
Other than his upcoming Head and Shoulders commerical does he draw any comparisons to Matthews?
@BrainDed posted:He would have been there at 15. Don’t get it.
So he's a bad pick at 13 because he would have been there two picks later for the Jets. Got it...
Wait, don't got it. Is that how this works?
That’s a good fit for Van Ness. Powerful edge defender. Can get off the ball. Ascending talent.
— Matt Bowen (@MattBowen41) April 28, 2023
Will need to develop more pass rush counters vs. NFL competition. Game reps/coaching there. https://t.co/3tvK3JVRxy
@vitaflo posted:Pretty sure the Pats would have taken him. They immediately traded with Pitt after we picked him.
The Pats had brought him in on an official visit. Movable DL piece that the mad genius likes. Very good chance he would have been gone at 14, but don't let that stop pissypants from doing his tinkling.
Packers first-round pick Lukas Van Ness, who is 272 pounds, had the same 10-yard split and a faster three-cone time than Vikings first-round pick Jordan Addison, who is 171 pounds.
— Zach Kruse (@zachkruse2) April 28, 2023
Not sure anyone throws more barbs toward Iowa than I do, but cmon now. People ripping the pick because he played college ball there?
While it pains me to say it, the Hawkeyes have sent a number of players to the pros in the last couple of decades and more often than not they turn into pretty decent pro players.
@KonKrete posted:The Pats had brought him in on an official visit. Movable DL piece that the mad genius likes. Very good chance he would have been gone at 14, but don't let that stop pissypants from doing his tinkling.
It was a well known fact that the Pats really liked Van Ness and it is believed they were going to take him. It is likely no coincidence that they traded out of there when the Packers took Van Ness, but don't bother the clueless when they throw a sanctimonious fit because that's what they do best. Masters at throwing themselves to the ground and wailing anytime they don't understand something.
@PackerHawk posted:So he's a bad pick at 13 because he would have been there two picks later for the Jets. Got it...
Wait, don't got it. Is that how this works?
SHHH! You are interrupting his tantrum.
@Goalline posted:It was a well known fact that the Pats really liked Van Ness and it is believed they were going to take him. It is likely no coincidence that they traded out of there when the Packers took Van Ness,
Now you know why Gutey wanted that swap with the Jets so bad.
These teams know where other teams have the players slotted.
I wanted Witherspoon or a good CB. One wasn't available so nothing wrong with Edge. Van Ness goes top 10 next year if he stays in college.
More on Van Ness.....oh BTW.... That's Cole Kmets sister that he's going out with. 😁
https://firstsportz.com/nfl-luke-van-ness-girlfriend/
@Tschmack posted:Not sure anyone throws more barbs toward Iowa than I do, but cmon now. People ripping the pick because he played college ball there?
While it pains me to say it, the Hawkeyes have sent a number of players to the pros in the last couple of decades and more often than not they turn into pretty decent pro players.
…Except when they play for Green Bay. 
I loved the Josh Jackson pick. Maybe he just looked good because of horrible UW quarterback play lol. Hopefully that will change now with Luke Fickell.
You had to think Gute was going to look for OL or edge rush in R1. Preston Smith isn’t getting any younger and who knows with Gary and the knee injury.
I also think New England probably would have taken Van Ness.
@Boris posted:Now you know why Gutey wanted that swap with the Jets so bad.
These teams know where other teams have the players slotted.
I wanted Witherspoon or a good CB. One wasn't available so nothing wrong with Edge. Van Ness goes top 10 next year if he stays in college.
More on Van Ness.....oh BTW.... That's Cole Kmets sister that he's going out with. 😁
https://firstsportz.com/nfl-luke-van-ness-girlfriend/
Belichick and Ferentz are tight. Look up the old Cleveland Browns staff if you want to see who’s who in coaching
Guarantee he was taking LVN and I don’t need any fucking sources or citation
I am very good with this pick and I can forgive the fact he went to Iowa. All kidding aside in today's NFL you can never have enough pass rushers and I think Gute knows that. As for rounds 2 and 3 I think he will pull the trigger on a WR and TE but if the right OT is still there I would not be surprised if he took him.
@Boris posted:Now you know why Gutey wanted that swap with the Jets so bad.
These teams know where other teams have the players slotted.
I wanted Witherspoon or a good CB. One wasn't available so nothing wrong with Edge. Van Ness goes top 10 next year if he stays in college.
More on Van Ness.....oh BTW.... That's Cole Kmets sister that he's going out with. 😁
https://firstsportz.com/nfl-luke-van-ness-girlfriend/
I really liked Gonzales. Van Ness was my number 1 choice, but only because I didn't expect Gonzales to fall so far. He would have been my pick. Witherspoon would have been a perfect slot CB for us, but alas, he's going to Seattle.
Watching Van Ness highlights. I see a Clay Matthew's flag fest in the NFLFU
The Van Ness pick reminded me of when we traded up and drafted Clay. Some thought it was a reach since Matthews didn’t have a lot of experience. Hope this pick works out as well as that one did.
@packerboi posted:Packers first-round pick Lukas Van Ness, who is 272 pounds, had the same 10-yard split and a faster three-cone time than Vikings first-round pick Jordan Addison, who is 171 pounds.
— Zach Kruse (@zachkruse2) April 28, 2023
Now I want to know what Jordan Addison's three-cone time would be if he were carrying a 101 pound backpack.
Everyone was touting Addison as being the perfect complement to Jefferson, and most drafts had MN picking him.
@antooo posted:Now I want to know what Jordan Addison's three-cone time would be if he were carrying a 101 pound backpack.
That's great...we can bounce LVN out to corner when we play the Vikes...
Van Ness is more Nick Perry than Clay Matthews.
The Luke Ness Monster 🤣
That's what Peter B. Is calling him.
