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They headed to Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan last year bearing posters labeled “Hope,” with the face of the president of the United States replaced by that of a quarterback — a cluster of fans who would start chanting Robert Griffin III’s name well before the Washington Redskins were even on the clock.
They got their man, right after the Indianapolis Colts selected Andrew Luck, who had been the subject of so much ardor that there had been campaigns from Miami to Minnesota in which fans urged their teams to lose games so they could draft him.
There are no tanking crusades for offensive linemen. Fans do not make posters for defensive tackles.
Luke Joeckel is the face — a baby face in his case, and a relatively anonymous one — of this N.F.L. draft, which starts Thursday night. An offensive tackle from Texas A&M, Joeckel could be the first pick.
By Judy Battista / New York Times
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