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Originally Posted by Mavericks Ace
I thought that too. And that would make sense. A guy who was a dominant left tackle at a Mid Level D1 school making the transition to the pros struggling with his technique at the pro level is to be expected. he will get it figured out....
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He was the
first overall pick. If you're taking a left tackle first overall, he'd better be the new Orlando Pace and dominate immediately from day one to even come close to justifying it.
Even then, there'd better not be any playmakers worthy of even a top 10 pick. Wasn't the case this past draft, as Tavon Austin and Dee Milliner went in the top 10.
Even with all that, the left tackle position is still increasingly irrelevant by the year as teams continue to move their best pass rushers to the right side of the field and statistics show that quarterback performance doesn't significantly differ whether pressure is coming from the left or the right. The last five Super Bowl winners did it with mediocre left tackles and half-decent O-lines at best.
So really, there's no justifying the Fisher pick in the modern NFL, and it especially looks bad because he's so raw and playing horribly in both training camp and preseason.