I said from the beginning Luke Joeckel would be a wasted draft pick because he plays on the left side and we already had a very good left tackle Who would have guessed Eugene Monroe was going to be trade bait when he was one of our best players?

 

After Joeckel broke his right ankle, I thought if we had not traded Monroe when we did, he would be the left tackle on injured reserve and Joeckel would have moved to that side anyway. But would that make a difference, since we lost both left tackles in less than a week? I am just glad we got two picks instead of a compensatory pick for #75.

 

That said, when Roger Goodell annouced David Caldwell's first pick, instead of being mad like I expected, I was just happy for Joeckel because he got what he deserved. It did make me wonder, however, if Caldwell lied about being a needs-based drafter because Joeckel was the BAP at #2 and plays at a position we did not need to upgrade. I could only think of one reason to pick him: he must have been so good at TAMU we felt he could play on both sides of the line.

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