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The hit parade at left tackle. (NFL Insider).(football draft; includes other notes)
Teams in search of a left tackle need not dispatch scouts to Saskatchewan, Barcelona and Grand Rapids. They need not set up a visit with every street free agent who fills up a doorway. They need not butter up agents of undrafted players with fruit baskets and sweet-whispered promises.
All anyone in need of a left tackle has to do is select one in the first round of the draft. As cows come from farms, left tackles come from first rounds. Last season, 20 of the league's 31 starting left tackles--64.5 percent--were first-round picks.
Left tackles aren't like quarterbacks, receivers, defensive backs or interior offensive linemen--all of which can be found in ...