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AVON, Ohio -- It didn't take long for the chatter to start."Sure, he can run block, but he can't pass protect. He's weak in that regard. Doesn't set himself well. He's got to learn it."
It is the cult of the NFL Draft, and every year it follows the same strange meandering, where a player who has spent his entire career building a first-class resume suddenly finds himself staring at criticism he has never heard.
This year's case-in-point might be Gabe Carimi, who spent four years doing a lot of things right for the University of Wisconsin. To the point that he started all four years, and as a senior was a consensus All-America, the Big Ten Lineman of the Year and the winner of the Outland Trophy, the award given to the nation's best interior lineman.
Yet here was Carimi the past two weeks, working out and refining his skills at the O-Line Academy in suburban Cleveland run by former NFL center (and present FanHouse analyst) LeCharles Bentley.
"I always want to improve," Carimi said. "It's a fun challenge."
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