Quote:his last performance sure speaks volumes.

 

his rookie year he played RT poorly and then got hurt.

last year he played poorly but people said "hey it's basically his first year, give it time."

this year yes he played better compared to year 1 and year 2, but this last performance wasn't just bad - it was dangerous and flat-out pathetic.  That is game tape that has to get analyzed.  I don't think I've ever seen a player give up 5 sacks by himself in 1 game before.  Actually the closest to Joke's performance was Cam Bradfield against the Redskins last year - who got cut the next day.

I agree 100%, pathetic, dreadful, etc. etc. This last game was all of that. But you can't move on from a high pick like that and use high end resources to solve a problem that really isn't 99% of the time, just have to hope he takes a bigger step or is at the very least more consistent next year. Build the defense, gain a piece here or there for the OL if you can, but the likelyhood of getting a caliber player to replace a guy like Joeckel is unlikely. He takes his lumps here from this fanbase, which is fair considering where he was taken and you expect more, but he is a solid LT. Not huge on Alfie, but it's true when he states LT isn't what it once was outside of a few elite premier LT's like Tyron Smith, Joe Thomas, etc. He's pretty middle of the pack, and still has upside to hopefully take another small step or like I said, at least be more consistent and not always have that one time a guy where it's like "[BLEEP] ARE YOU DOING!!!"

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