Quote:Yeah we get it, you only hear the voices in your head. And like Malabar said, you can't use the picks as a comparison as they were likely targets that we were drafting anyways.

That's easy to say, but impossible to actually prove.

 

I do think it's interesting how, if all of you were so enamored with Monroe when he was traded, what you thought of him in the first few years of his career?  You know, that period where he wasn't the beloved and dominant LT he evidently was when he was traded. 

 

People wanted him replaced almost from the start.  However, he was given time to develop, and he started to hit his stride toward the end of his third year.  That was after playing at least 15 games each year.  Nobody is willing to give Joeckel anything close to the same level of patience in allowing him to develop despite the fact that he hasn't started nearly as many games as Monroe had by this point in his career.  So, if Monroe sucked for the first few years in the eyes of the armchair GMs on this board, but eventually developed into a decent upper third of the league starting LT, who is to say Joeckel can't do the same thing with the same amount of playing time? 

 

I'm sure all you experts can pass along this mass amount of wisdom you have about how Joeckel won't develop vs. Monroe since you clearly saw the potential in Eugene and weren't calling for his head, right?

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