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Originally Posted by SNR
Fisher's one of the best LTs I've seen. I think he's going to be a ****ing stud.
Joeckel... eh. Not so much. I have no clue why people like Joeckel more than Fisher. Yeah, Central Michigan isn't aTm, but just look at highlight and game footage of each guy.
Fisher's one of the only LTs I've seen that looks flashy. He's mean, tough, insanely intelligent, and was a ****ing brick wall to any defender who faced him (Central Michigan DID play some tough opponents this year like Michigan State, too). You watch Joeckel and you think he could be good, but he does a LOT of back pedaling. With good footwork, yes, but that's his main tool in protection. He basically just makes the path to the QB longer for the rusher.
He will face some wicked **** pass rushers in the NFL, and they will abuse him hard if he thinks that same shit will work like it did in college.
I don't care if it was the SEC. The jump from even the SEC to the pros is HUGE. Either you become more versatile (which he's capable of doing, but hasn't shown it to the degree that Fisher has) or you get ****ed.
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If you want that guy, then you draft Barrett Jones with your third rounder, though I think he's gone in the second.
Three time first team All-American at three different line positions and won the Outland Trophy at Left Tackle his junior year.
He's the best offensive lineman in this draft. Big, very smart and plays as nasty and mean as I've ever seen a offensive lineman play.
I have no idea why he's not getting the same press as guys like Joeckel, Fisher and Johnson (who wouldn't be the OU lineman people would be talking about as a first rounder if Don Stephenson stayed in school and came out this year).