Quote (Dune1 @ Mar 16 2016 06:03am)
I hope so. Joke needs the push. Joke actually didn't do "that bad" last year. I saw an article the other day where Caldwell said he had 2 sacks given up the whole season going into the last Texan game last season. Not bad, but, sacks aside, he allowed a lot of pressure on BB5 last year.
I've heard some people mention maybe moving Joke to guard and letting Beachum take over LT. To even make that plausible Joke would have to get A LOT stronger.
Joeckel isn't moving to guard and he isn't going anywhere this season. People think he isn't strong enough at OT, he'd get straight pushed around at OG. Joeckel played well at times last season. He did only give up 2 sacks on the season, going into the Texans game. He gave up 5 sacks in the game though and that can't happen. I think a big problem was having terrible Beadles at LG. Beadles was far and away the weak link on the OL and I think that hurt Joeckel some.
The Beachum contract is a true prove it type deal. Low money amount, with lots of incentives.
Quote (Benny21 @ Mar 16 2016 01:08am)
Great pick up in Beachum. If we didn't resign Penn then he was my #1 priority to replace him. I've actually gotten to work with him off the field... He's a great guy. Very active in the community and especially in education. Super smart. Hope he does well for you guys
At the worst, hopefully he pushes Joeckel and Joeckel takes that next step. At best, Beachum heals up completely and is our stud LT for the future. Either way, it's good they finally got some competition at LT.