bringing in Joeckel, the team had a number of key changes on the offensive line.

First, Brad Meester retired after having spent the previous 14 seasons on the team’s line, mostly at center. Next, Bradley hired George Yarno to be the offensive line coach. Yarno, who played and coached at Washington State, didn’t have a lot of successful experiences; he was let go by the Detroit Lions just before he was retained by Jacksonville, and the Lions were among the worst offenses in the NFL, especially in the run game. He also worked with veteran offensive linemen during almost all of his tenure with the team and wasn’t tasked with developing many of these players other than Jason Fox (a fourth rounder who barely played under Yarno) and RileyReiff, who Yarno only had as a rookie, Reiff’s worst season in the NFL.

(Yarno was diagnosed with cancer in 2014 and officially left the team in 2015, when he was replaced by now-head coach Doug Marrone, then sadly passed away in Spokane a year and a half later.)

Finally, the Jaguars traded starting left tackle Eugene Monroe four games into the season, placing Joeckel back at his natural position after a month on the right side. In his first game without Monroe, Joeckel injured his ankle and missed the rest of 2013. There goes 11 games of much-needed experience, his first time away from the field in years, if ever.

When he returned in 2014, Joeckel was clearly not the same. He was credited with allowing eight sacks (almost as