Branden Albert, Miami Dolphins' new offensive line start strong

[the Talking Can]

By his standards, this wasn't good enough. His new team was trailing the New England Patriots. His new offense was making too many mistakes. And most importantly, in his mind, the offensive line wasn't doing its job of keeping Ryan Tannehill clean.

So Miami Dolphins left tackle Branden Albert sought out the quarterback during the second quarter of Sunday's contest to deliver the most unnecessary apology Tannehill has likely ever heard.

"I'm sorry, man," Albert told him. "We need to keep you cleaner. We need to do a better job."

After the game, as Tannehill changed out of a uniform that could forgo the typical bleaching, the signal-caller could only shake his head and smile.

"Are you kidding?" Tannehill said, recalling the apology. "That was like a day off.".....



...In 2013, Miami set a franchise record with 58 sacks allowed. Yet Sunday, with center Mike Pouncey sidelined while he recovers from hip surgery and five new starters (only one of whom -- Albert -- has any major NFL accolades to his name) on the field, the unit did not give up a single sack until the fourth quarter.

The group -- which includes free-agent signees Albert, Daryn Colledge, Samson Satele and Shelley Smith, plus first-round draft pick Ja'Wuan James -- wasn't merely impressive because of the previous season's sorrows. It was just ... impressive. There's no need to qualify or compare what it accomplished.

Not only did Tannehill stand mostly upright (he really didn't see legitimate pressure until the fourth play of the fourth series -- when he still managed to make three reads), but the Dolphins' running backs were motoring through respectable holes. The blocking helped Knowshon Moreno (who, of course, deserves credit of his own) to 134 yards on 24 carries in his own Miami debut, an average of 5.6 yards per attempt. Lamar Miller, meanwhile, nearly matched Moreno's pace, chipping in 59 yards on 11 tries, or 5.4 yards per attempt.

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I heard that Fisher apologized to Smith in the first, second, third, and fourth quarters.

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by TribalElder

We went to Aldi and got a new LT

See, its this kind of snobbery about Aldi's that keeps good people from getting a fair shake on genuinely great food/wish Albert was still here.

[Chief Roundup]

Originally Posted by Snapplez

Good thing our shitty #1 pick makes the same guaranteed money for a fraction of the talent

That is because all of Fishers contract is guaranteed instead of just half of the contract like Albert got.
5 yr 22mil all guaranteed. 4.5 mil a year average
5 yr 47 mil with 25 guaranteed. 9.4 mil a year average

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

We could have had Geno at 1.1

Yep. We could have.

Instead we got the biggest piece of shit this side of the Mississippi River

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by Mr. Laz

It's funny that so many '**** the Oline, just give me a QB' people are now the loudest whiners about losing an Olineman.

We've always been loud about losing good OL when all it would cost is salary cap room.

We HAD plenty of that. What we didn't have plenty of was draft picks.

Dorsey ****ed that up.

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by -King-

Saccoppoo doesn't count. He's the same guy that wants to draft guards every single year in the first round and thought the offensive player of the year last year was a guard.

I'm going through the threads now. No one was happy he was leaving or saying Fisher was better. It was an understanding that Fisher was just going to have to start since he was drafted so high.

You're forgetting all the dumbasses who go, "Albert's always injured... he's not even that good... I'd rather have Trent Williams than Albert... blah blah blah..."

Hell Tuckdaddy JUST parroted the same talking points now in this thread.

There were people who were sick of Albert's shit (whatever the hell that was) and wanted him gone. And most of it had to do with his refusal to move inside and play guard even though he was a tackle for the ENTIRETY of his pro career and for a large part of his college career as well. He MOVED to guard in college. That's like calling Eric Fisher a RT.

[DeezNutz]

This is all just hindsight bullshit. There weren't a ****ing host of mother****ers on this site who claimed it would be dumb as shit to let Albert walk.

And it's always wise to draft glorified DII talent at 1/1. Shocking to see that this has yet to yield results.

PS: **** you, Pioli. Don't even smile you worthless fat mother****er. Focus on the treadmill.

[ILChief]

Bump, tannehill sacked 3x in first half

[Saccopoo]

Originally Posted by ILChief

Bump, tannehill sacked 3x in first half