I don't think they're desperate at all. I think that Joeckel is more or less average for an NFL tackle right now. As others have said, if you think Joeckel is bad, try watching the play of some other offensive lines out there. Some of them are just flat-out terrible, and there really aren't many great left tackles in the NFL today.

 

If Joeckel doesn't show progress this year, I'd anticipate the Jaguars either pursuing a veteran tackle or drafting one in the second or third round next year to challenge him for the spot. I just don't see the same awful LT that so many here seem to when Joeckel plays. I see a young tackle who has a lot of learning left to do, and he'd better do it fast, but I don't see anything that makes me want to try Austin Pasztor at LT (he'd be a train wreck, btw).

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