Quote:Right, because his rookie year was a great learning experience. 

 

It's not damage control to simply state the facts.  That's all jagibelieve was doing.  It does start to come off as agenda pushing when you ignore the facts in order to spin this in a way that paints Joeckel as the worst tackle to ever strap on a helmet.

Injuries happen, it doesn't give you a free pass or stop the criticism. You can still study and get the rest of your body stronger. He's protecting our QBs blind-side and is struggling against vanilla defense. The only well known pass rusher he went up against was James Harrison, and he got destroyed by him. The Giants don't have JPP or Tuck anymore, and the Lions had their entire starting line sit out. Yet he still looks shaky, and that's an issue. After a decade of sucking, you need to open your eyes and stop feeling sorry or giving these players a pass. He's going to have the most challenging year because of our schedule, and he's not starting good.

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