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Originally Posted by Detoxing
It's because people aren't understanding the concept of a "pocket". Some, when examining the line, just want to see the DE stopped dead in his tracks once the ball is snapped. IT doesn't always work like that.
Hell, the play may not even be designed to do that.
Albert didn't have a GREAT game, but he didn't have a bad game either.
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I understand the concept of a pocket. The problem is, Albert is getting beat regularly on simple drop step, inside moves by ends and linebackers. He was on the ground several times in this game after he failed to recover on such moves, overreached and whiffed on the block. He is also having problems locking onto his man on running plays. He's not using his feet to move laterally and is instead trying to push and bull with his arms and torso.
In the first two preseason games, he hasn't shown any improvement whatsoever over last year. And I wasn't singling him out either. Most of the linemen looked improved over the first game, though Atlanta is a substantially better team than Tampa Bay. I thought Weigmann looked very good, other than the play where Tampa blitzed their MLB and he failed to check him, though he was engaged with the NT so it was Charles' responsibility to pick that guy up more than Weigmann - something that he didn't do. Hell, I thought O'Callaghan and Brown looked okay and I'm one to lobby for a right tackle before a left tackle.