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Originally Posted by the Talking Can
is it really so impossible to figure out why we suck and haven't sniffed a superbowl since like forever?
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Nope. It's pretty easy to figure out.
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but hey, let's spend YET ANOTHER FIRST ROUND PICK ON LT....just 2 YEARS removed from the last one...
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I hate to reiterate, but we didn't take a left tackle in the 2008 draft. We took a guard. Albert had never played left tackle in his entire football career. In looking back at the draft, it seems he was the highest drafted guard since 1997.
I'm not saying he's a bad guy or a bad player. I'm saying he was a guard. Had always been a guard. Until Herm thought it would b a good idea to try him out at left tackle. If you are happy supporting Herm's vision, that's your prerogative.
I'd like to see what he could do in terms of playing his natural position of LG - the one he played so effectively that it garnered him a first round selection in the 2008 draft. Although, one has to wonder if this was one of those classic Carl Peterson associative draft picks like Ryan Sims and Junior Siavii. Albert did happen to play next to D'brickashaw Fergusson and Eugene Monroe for his entire college career, much like Sims next to Julius Peppers and Sivaii next to Olshansky. But if you are one of those eternal optimists that think that the third time is a charm, then I think that's great, and I hope Albert does work out for you.
However, based on historical Peterson drafting perspectives, I'm not going to hold my breath.