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Originally Posted by RunKC
Luke Joeckel is easily a top 5 talent in the draft though. He has flat out dominated everyone he's played this year.
Not just done well. Dominated.
Watch his tape. The best defense in college (Bama), OU, LSU. None of those defenses could get pressure on Johnny Football from the left side all year long.
His positional value isn't as great as a QB, but the guy absolutely deserves the top 5 label he's getting.
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Joeckel is an elite pass-blocker because of his athleticism and size relative to his opponents. He's not a great run blocker, though. From what I saw, Mathews was a far superior run blocker.
In the pros, he won't have that decided edge in athleticism and every now and again he looks susceptible to power rushers.
I think he'll still be one of the best pass-blockers in the league, but if you're going to take a LT 1.1, I really think he needs to be an Orlando Pace type player; someone that absolutely dominates that side of the field (and in fact, makes that entire side of the line better). I just don't see that in Joeckel.