Quote:I think thats pretty silly. Joeckel was long considered the #1 player in last years draft until about a week before the actual draft. Last year analysts were saying he is the next D'Brickishaw. (that still remains to be seen.) lets also keep in mind that if all 3 tackles in this draft would be taken ahead of him, one being jake matthews, who is the guy that joeckel outplayed and kept on the right side of the line. just doesnt make sense. joeckel, at college and draft level, is one of the highest rated OT prospects to hit the NFL in a few years.

Gonna play devil's advocate for a moment here... the "he outplayed Matthews" argument could be a case of the coach telling Matthews to wait his turn at LT so a very good prospect in Joeckel could get drafted as high as possible last year. Getting your players drafted as highly as possible helps the program with recruiting going forward and doesn't appear to have affected Matthews draft stock this year. I'm not saying this is the gospel truth of what transpired, but did you watch a ton of A&M games last year when they were both on the field to know whether one side was better protected than the other?

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