I for one am not convinced that Joeckel is an upgrade over Fant. OK, both sucked, but Joeckel was given seasons by Jags to develop at LT due to his high draft position, he failed. Fant was an 'accidental' LT, lol, he had no business being a starting LT, or even a 2nd string LT. Fant had no experience whatsoever, of course he struggled. Especially towards to end of regular season and in the post season when teams studied him and game planned accordingly.
I kind of remember Fant sucked in the beginning, didn't know how to play OL at all.
Then he gotten somewhat better, after learning some basic.
Then he sucked again, after teams adjusted after studying films on him.
After a season of learning on the job and an off season of more learning and conditioning. If Fant's confidence hasn't been contaminated, he ought to be better than last season. That could put him in the mid tier of LTs. I would like it if Fant could play:
1. with less thinking, ie more down with Technic and playbook.
2. develop more strength, especially lower body.
3. learn how to use his hands better.
4. hopefully with less thinking, ie quicker and stronger will lead to more aggression.
Call me a homer, but I rather take my chance with Fant, as bad as he was last season.