[Redrum]

Fleener will get his chance to play in the NFL.  He will get paid handsomely for doing what he presumably loves to do.  It is more important that Fleener play for the right team.  "Right" in this sense:  a team that knows how to use a TE and is willing to adapt schemes (or at least their thinking)  to leverage Fleener's skills.    Beats me which of the teams those are.  A higher draft place to a team that later trades or releases him because what they really want and whose scheme requires an offensive guard blocker at TE ultimately does not serve Fleener at all.   

It would be great for Stanford to have lots of high draft picks, I guess,  but not fulfilling pre-draft hype and speculation isn't a reason for concern.  A long, distinguished career is the best outcome.

[Redrum]

Fleener will get his chance to play in the NFL.  He will get paid handsomely for doing what he presumably loves to do.  It is more important that Fleener play for the right team.  "Right" in this sense:  a team that knows how to use a TE and is willing to adapt schemes (or at least their thinking)  to leverage Fleener's skills.    Beats me which of the teams those are.  A higher draft place to a team that later trades or releases him because what they really want and whose scheme requires an offensive guard blocker at TE ultimately does not serve Fleener at all.   

It would be great for Stanford to have lots of high draft picks, I guess,  but not fulfilling pre-draft hype and speculation isn't a reason for concern.  A long, distinguished career is the best outcome.