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Originally Posted by keg in kc
Take Geno out of the equation and just talk about tackles. It's about a return on investment. Let's throw reality out the door and postulate that a middling prospect like Joeckel/Fisher could end up being the best LT in the game. The return on the investment is still limited, because it's a position that can a) be filled without much of a decline in quality from a lower draft position (see: well, nearly every LT in the league) and b) has minimal direct impact on the outcome of games. There's a reason you've never heard the term "playmaking LT". That's not to say it isn't an important position. It certainly is. But it's not a position that you should ever draft #1. And definitely not when you're talking about players who, put simply, just aren't stars.
The hilarious irony is that we're in the process of trading our left tackle to the last team to draft a left tackle at 1, all of 6 years ago. Which is probably exactly what we'll do in 5 or 6 years, despite all this talk about "Joeckel's just 21! He can be a cornerstone for a decade!!"
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Yeah I think it sucks that we're drafting a LT #1 overall but I'm still going to hold out some hope that Andy Reid's Chiefs are going to be worth a shit. I won't quit watching that's for sure. I don't think drafting a QB that they don't see as the guy #1 overall is a win just because we tried either. That's no more recipe for success as drafting a LT.