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NFL draft preview | Tight ends: With Packers coach Matt LaFleur’s preference for do-it-all tight ends, Iowa's T.J. Hockenson fits the bill

This is the fourth in a series of stories previewing the Packers' draft.

GREEN BAY — As Matt LaFleur sat in a downtown Indianapolis eatery during the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis in February and described his ideal tight end, he might as well have just called the guy by name.

T.J. Hockenson.

“I think that’s an extremely important position for an offense because you can really create some advantages on offense if you get an athletic guy matched up on a safety or a linebacker down the field,” the Green Bay Packers' first-year coach said.