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Originally Posted by keg in kc

Trading Albert makes no sense if they're really in "win now" mode. They're going to be starting a new pair of tackles, and I don't care if he's going 1 or not, whoever it is, Joeckel or Fisher, is a project heading into 2013. Hell, the entire line is projects now. No wonder they haven't signed Alex Smith to an extension. He might be kindling by week 6. You can talk all you want about how he isn't worth Duane Brown money, or he isn't a top-5 tackle, but the reality is that they're dealing, by far, the best lineman that they have. And the end result is that the unit as a whole is likely going to get weaker, not stronger, regardless of how amazing people think whatever middling tackle they select at 1.1 may be eventually.