Quote:“The biggest thing is strength and weight,” Joeckel said. “That was evident coming out of the season. That’s been the main thing, the main focus.



<p style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(164,164,164);font-family:'Arial Regular', Arial, sans-serif;">“It’s been going really well. Having a healthy offseason has been huge.”


<p style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(164,164,164);font-family:'Arial Regular', Arial, sans-serif;">Joeckel, the No. 2 overall selection in the 2013 NFL Draft, spoke last week at EverBank Field. The offseason conditioning program begins in two weeks, but to look at – and listen to – Joeckel is to know the process has long since begun. He has gained 10-to-12 pounds since last season, and it’s easy to see. It’s good weight, he said – weight added correctly. He feels it when he works out, when he trains.


<p style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(164,164,164);font-family:'Arial Regular', Arial, sans-serif;">A long rehabilitation last offseason from a fractured ankle is behind him. So is the 2014 season, his first as a full-time NFL left tackle.......


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.<span>“I can see that I can do it, but it’s having that consistency,” he said. “I’m not content with the way I played at all, and I think it’s going to be a whole lot better season.”</span>

<p style="color:rgb(164,164,164);font-family:'Arial Regular', Arial, sans-serif;">To look at – and to listen to – him is to know the process has long since begun.