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A left tackle, no matter how good, has a ceiling to his value. A quarterback's ceiling is nearly unlimited.
Think of it this way: A middle reliever that gives a team a FIP of 3.00 and strikes out a batter than inning is a great value for $1 million a year. If you pay that same middle reliever $12 million a year he becomes a leaden albatross.
Due to the fixed impact of a LT but the extremely high cost, unless Joeckel can assert himself as a consistent top 5-8 LT, he's a bust.
There were many others to add to your list: Tony Mandarich, Leonard Davis, Levi Brown, et. al.
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