Branden Albert is innocent.

[Hammock Parties]

I think these screenshots show that Albert is just fine (other than a play or two) and Richardson (as usual) is the real issue.

This is every pass play we ran save one, which was a 20-yard completion to Urban.

#1 - Play-action fake, 0 pressure. Cassel is late with the throw, incomplete. Looks like Richardson is holding. Albert is innocent.



#2 - Another play fake, Moeaki, not Albert, gets beaten by the defensive end. Albert is innocent.



#3 - Quick screen to some scrub. 0 pressure.



#4 - Another play fake, the blitz comes up the middle and Charles can't get in position to pick it up. Richardson is getting beat around the edge. Albert is innocent.



#5 - Straight drop, 0 pressure, Mo drops it. Mo is having a shitty preseason. Albert is innocent.



#6 - Straight drop, 0 pressure, scrub makes an exciting catch for two yards.



#7 - Middle screen, Rams sniff it out and it's dead.

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#8 - Straight drop, 0 pressure, complete to Steve Titty. Looks like Richardson is holding again. Albert is innocent.



#9 - Wiegmann snaps the ball early and both tackles get "beat." Either this is on Wiegmann or everyone else didn't know the snap count, because they all get out of their stances late. Albert is guilty of being as dumb as everyone else or smarter than Wiegmann.



#10 - Palko's in, 0 pressure, pass to breasts.



#11 - Rams blitz #24, Palko hits his hot read (some scrub). No pressure from Albert's man.



#12 -Nice pocket, no pressure from Albert's man.



#13 -Richardson gets beat, gets called for holding. Albert is innocent.



#14 -Quick pass, both tackles cut their man. Sort of a shitty cut on Albert's part but, eh, irrelevant....and innocent.



#15 - Albert and Richardson ride their men out of the play, Palko steps up into a clean pocket and overthrows Mo. Albert is innocent.



#16 - Screen pass.



#17 - Richardson gets beat, some scrub gets destroyed on the blitz pickup. Complete to Urban.



#18 - Albert gets beat horribly. This is the first true pressure Albert allows during the entire game so far. Cassel escapes and dumps it to a scrub. Albert is guilty of giving up Richardson-like pressure.



#19 - Cassel's pass is batted at the line. 0 pressure.



#20 - Throw to Bowe who is interfered with, no call. Albert's man gets to the inside but stops as soon as the ball is thrown. Albert could have recovered most likely. End result: innocent.



Anyway, one guy can play his position, one guy is a disaster.

FIN

[BossChief]

When your quarterback cant stop looking at the rush, it is gonna make every opposing defense want to blitz every single play.

This OL (sans Richardson) would probably be above average if it werent for having a guy that cant make opposing defenses pay for blitzing him, under center.

That is one of the biggest things for quarterbacks to take the step into the conversation of the better quarterbacks in the NFL.

[Blick]

I like McCluster, but I hope we don't try to force him the ball when he's in the game.

On #6, Bowe is wide open, but Cassel immediately checks down to McCluster, giving him no room to maneuver on the sideline.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by tonyetony

Quit deflecting......I know you're the president of the Albert fan club, I mean come on you spent your morning creating a defense lawyer thread for him.......I hope he can be an average LT for us this year but you think he is already average and can be a pro bowler if he improves a little bit. That's like holding out hope that Cassel is going to turn into Peyton Manning. It's not going to happen.

1. When have I ever been some huge Albert fan? I like him about as much as any other player not named Charles, Bowe or Hali.

2. It's pretty hard to say he wasn't average last year. As for him turning into a Pro Bowler, I have no idea if that is possible. All I know is that through two preseason games people are screaming bloody murder over left tackle and they're wrong. Albert's play has been fine. He's turned in a winning effort.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

The beat you're pinning on Moeaki (grab #2, I think) is one that we'd need to know the line call in order to judge.

Not really, it's pretty obvious from watching the play that it was a play action fake and Albert has to carry out a run fake in the direction of the run, which is a stretch run right. Hence, Albert goes right...

[MIAdragon]

Originally Posted by Blick

I like McCluster, but I hope we don't try to force him the ball when he's in the game.

On #6, Bowe is wide open, but Cassel immediately checks down to McCluster, giving him no room to maneuver on the sideline.

It has nothing to do with forcing the ball to DMC I could replace him with you and Cassel would throw you the ball. Capt Checkdown is in full effect.

[DTLB58]

#14 Albert"s attempt at the cut block was just terrible. He needs to take that out of his game all together if that's all the better effort he can give. I've seen high school kids put more into a play.