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Even in the Draft, There’s No Safe Way to Tackle

The MMQB with Peter King | February 24, 2016

Related Topics: Luke Joeckel, Russell Okung, D'Brickashaw Ferguson, Tony Boselli, Jake Long, Lane Johnson, Eric Fisher (American football), Laremy Tunsil, Orlando Pace, Chris Samuels

It once was the safe choice, but using a top-10 pick on a lineman to protect the QB’s blind-side has been buyer beware for the past decade. Here’s an early examination of the Titans’ big decision at No. 1. Plus mail

Top row, left to right: Eric Fisher, Luke Joeckel, Jason Smith, Jake Long. Bottom row: Greg Robinson, Lane Johnson, Russell Okung, D'Brickashaw Ferguson.

A cautionary tale for what used to be far more of a sure thing: picking an offensive tackle high in the NFL draft.

Look at this list of tackles picked in the top 10 of NFL drafts between 1995 and 2000:

• Tony Boselli, 1995, Jacksonville.

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