Miami has two 2nds and two 3rd round picks. Nobody thinks we can get a 2nd and a 3rd for Albert? I don't think a single 2nd is enough.

What makes you think Albert is just now, all of a sudden, being unreasonable?

I'm sure he's being reasonable.

My gut feeling is the Chiefs want to pay him top money for a guard or right tackle.

We're doing it wrong.

yup .....

That is a distinct possibility OR Albert lied about being reasonable in regards to money and has ridiculous demands OR... (here comes my tin foil hat theory)

Albert wasn't lying but he is letting the Chiefs USE HIm to gauge how badly other teams want/need a LT which will give the Chiefs more leverage in a possible trade down scenario... and once they have played that to its full extent he will sign a long term deal and stay at LT.

Ok Now I'll go ULTIMATE tin foil hat on ya... the Chiefs are now working on signing Vollmer to play RT thereby taking another potential LT off the market and increasing demand even further.

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a man can dream...

Just our luck to root for a team that tries to corner the market on LT talent instead of a team that tries to corner the market on QB talent.

Should you pay him 50% more than the highest paid LT in the league or is there a point at which you'd say Albert's demands are too high?

That's my guess too. But I don't discount the possibility that either (a) they just don't like Albert, or (b) Albert's demands are unreasonable. There's really no way of knowing because you can't believe the public comments of either side.

Well the Hunts chose *silver* over gold when they tried their cornering the market gambit.

Not really. They went 2-14 and had a LT that gave up 1 sack protecting piss poor QB's and just cut a Top 5 RT. Hardly what I call improving the line.

I haven't read this thread, but the "still not close" part is not supported by the article.

The only thing the article goes on is based on what Albert said about the negotiating process weeks ago. They were not close then, thus the franchise tag.

That does not reflect the changing in events, however, namely the total shift in leverage thanks to the franchise tag, and the Jake Long signing which clearly set the market.

I'm guessing, after all this is said and done, that the two sides are far closer to landing a long-term deal.

If not, you can legitimately keep Albert and keep working him. There are no players worth franchising next year, so we can keep that leverage on him for two years.

Yeah, this article is a POS