I'd say Mecca's line there is probably what we are looking at, unless they can kick Albert in to LG (doubtful they do, but who knows, IIRC, Bad Guy said something about it).

I'm actually really excited about the talent we have up front. It's all young too.

The only way Albert is playing guard is if he gets a long term deal first and he's basically the highest paid guard in the history of the NFL, so a guard with LT money.

What did Levitre get this year? I can't remember.

Not as much as Carl Nicks did last year.

Albert was very adamant about staying at LT, so I wonder if he's gonna still have that attitude?

He's gonna have no choice but to play where Reid tells him. If he decides he's holding out, then he's gonna lose some serious cash.

I'd hate to give him that type money for a guard, when he hasn't played it in so long.


Maybe play him there, with the thought that if all goes well he'd get that type money?

However, if you weren't willing to play him at LT this year with that price tag, you trade him for what you can get, ala, the 54 pick instead of the 42.

I just dont' see a way he doesn't play LT this year.

I personally wouldn't at all be surprised if Albert got a new deal. They could have easily worked the fan base into accepting a OT first when that was the plan all along.

Do you keep him at LT though?

What?

The casual fan was all in, and has been all in, on LT in the draft for 4 years.

They weren't selling jack to the fan.

Probably, if Alex Smith is the plan then it's gonna require an elite Trent Green type of line for him to succeed. They already have the interior lineman, Schwartz and Asamoah are fine enough players.

I figure Albert will play the tag at LT, with Fish at RT. Next year kick Fish to LT and Stephenson at RT.

It just doesn't make any sense to me to take a 1.1 LT in the draft... kick him over to RT and retrain him to do everything in reverse... then move him back over to the LT spot the next season.

Maybe it is easier than I think it is, but it seems to be counter productive to me.

sorry, had to....

at this point, we're looking at letting him walk next year for a hopeful compensatory 3rd (but no guarantee)...or trading him this year, for a 3rd (i don't see anyone giving us a second and paying him if miami wouldn't)


once we decided we didn't want him, we had to trade him...they failed

he can't be our LT, shouldn't be our RT, and won't play guard