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Isn’t it nice when the board gives you a good player at a thin position?" />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesHorizontal - WhiteAcme Packing Companya Green Bay Packers communityLog In or Sign UpLog InSign UpFanpostsFanshotsSectionsPackersOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 322 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections The APC PodcastPackers Film RoomFantasy Football AdviceCDTShareTweetShareShareTE Jace Sternberger was the perfect match of best player available and need for PackersMarvin Gentry-USA TODAY SportsFor the second year in a row Reggie White Jersey , the Green Bay Packers used a third-round pick on a player who had visited the team in the pre-draft process. Last year, they traded up to snag linebacker Oren Burks. In 2019, it was Texas A&M tight end Jace Sternberger who was the pick, chosen with the 75th overall selection.The Packers wasted no time at all in rushing their card up when going on the clock at 75, however, a sign that Sternberger was the player they were targeting on their board as the picks counted down. Indeed, the team’s brass expressed great excitement about being able to land the athletic tight end prospect with that pick, saying that he was at the top of their draft board. “He was the best player available for us at this time,” said co-director of player personnel Jon-Eric Sullivan. “It worked out, because it was a position that we value, and we needed to get a young guy in the mix.”General manager Brian Gutekunst addressed the concept of need at the position, saying that the team did not feel compelled to draft a tight end if the board did not allow for it. “It wasn’t something that I felt like we had to add in this draft,” he said. “He was the best player on our board Jaire Alexander Jersey , so that’s the way we went.”The current depth chart at the position includes veteran players like Jimmy Graham and Marcedes Lewis, who will likely do the heavy lifting for the 2019 season, as well as young rising cult hero Robert Tonyan. With that group in place, Sternberger will be expected to contribute early on without being on the top line of the depth chart. As Sullivan described it, “I don’t think there’s pressure for him to come in here and be Superman.”Sternberger, for his part, sounds thrilled to play behind established veterans. On a conference call with Packers reporters, he expressed plenty of excitement about his new teammates. “What better opportunity can you have?” he asked. “Anything, any advice that they give me, anything they tell me, even if they’re being hard on me, I’m going to take it in.”Described as a “late bloomer,” Sternberger started off his career at Kansas before moving to junior college. “I was on my third offensive coordinator at Kansas Josh Jackson Jersey ,” he said, describing the circumstances of his circuitous route to College Station. “(It just wasn’t the best fit overall. I felt like me going the juco route was my best opportunity to get recruited by everybody.” Recruited he was — landing at A&M early on in the process. “Coach (Jimbo) Fisher gave me the opportunity to be the number one tight end at A&M, and I took that opportunity head-on and it worked out for the better.”Now, after one year as a college starter, he’s a third-round pick and a Packer. It may even take some time for that to sink in for him. “If you were to tell me that Aaron Rodgers was going to be my quarterback in about four years,” he said, ““I would have laughed at you and called you a liar.”Nobody’s lying to you now, Jace. Welcome to Green Bay. Aside from a long flight home from the West coast, the Green Bay Packers get a normal week of rest this week as they prepare for next Sunday night’s game at the New England Patriots. Their opponents, however, will be on a short week as they are in Buffalo this evening to play the Bills on Monday Night Football.New England has won three straight against the Bills, and has not lost in Buffalo since 2011, giving them a six-game winning streak when playing in upstate New York. Tonight we are likely to see more of the same Oren Burks Jersey , with the teams sporting mirror records and the Bills having scored a combined 31 points over their last four games.For the Packers, an ideal result here would be that the Bills play a tough, physical game and at least make this a contest for a few quarters. But with the Pats being anointed as two-touchdown underdogs and Derek Anderson set to start under center, this writer isn’t counting on it.Tune in for tonight’s game and follow along with us here at APC.WHO?New England Patriots (5-2) vs. Buffalo Bills (2-5)WHEN?Monday, October 29th 20188:15 PM Eastern TimeWHERE?New Era FieldBuffalo, New YorkHOW?TV Broadcast: ESPNOnline Streaming: ESPN.com or ESPN appCommentators: Joe Tessitore, Jason Witten, Anthony McFarland, Lisa SaltersRadio Broadcast: Westwood One SportsANYTHING ELSE?OddsPatriots favored by 14.5 pointsOver/under: 45Last MeetingsWeek 13 2017: Patriots 23, @Bills 3Week 16 2017: @Patriots 37, Bills 16All-Time Head-to-Head RecordRegular Season: Patriots lead 71-43-1Playoffs: Patriots lead 1-0