Quote:I for one am done talking about Joeckel. I've already gave my opinions and many others. I will say that there are people on this message board that can't accept the facts that some players aren't good. They try their hardest to deny the truth and really hope everything works out, but they're completely blinded by the hope. If Bradley is saying anything about a player, it will never be negative. He is super positive and you should all know that by now. There is no way he'd actually say Joeckel is playing bad and he needs to step it up. Even when we get smacked 42-3 he'd still be saying "I thought we had some nice flashes and things to grow on, it was a great learning experience." It's just how the man coaches, and you can't trust everything he says. His style is to keep the players morale up and make them feel like they're improving, not completely trash them.

 

Will Joeckel improve? Probably. Will he become that dominant LT that we hoped for? No, there is a good chance he wont. Could he just be an average LT? Yes. The problem with being average is that he's going to be facing elite pass-rushers and they beat up on average players. Caldwell will draft another LT or get one in FA in the off-season. Parnell is a good example of someone that can deal with JJ Watt for the majority of the game if he stays healthy. Joeckel can't at this point in time. If Joeckel doesn't make significant improvements this season, there is no way Caldwell doesn't address the issue, especially since we play the Texans twice a year. Their defensive line could be the reason why we don't make the play-offs in the next few years. So we need to have a stacked OL.