GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -Bryan Bulaga didn’t really enjoy the run-up to the NFL draft. He’d rather play football than be poked and prodded by scouts and analyzed by so-called draft experts.
The Green Bay Packers’ first-round pick didn’t really understand, for example, why some people were obsessing about the length of his arms coming out of Iowa.
“I’ve never been in a situation in a football game where I have thought to myself after a play, ‘Gosh, I wish my arms were longer,”’ Bulaga said Thursday.
According to a predraft scouting report distributed by the Packers, Bulaga’s arms measured at 33 1/4 inches. That’s considered a few inches shorter than ideal for a left tackle, perhaps providing a reason why Bulaga fell on draft day and – much to the Packers’ delight – still was available with the No. 23 overall pick.
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