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View Poll Results: Do you think Brandon Albert will make it as a LT in this league?
Yes. He’ll be a good starting LT. 83 65.87%
Not at LT. He’ll eventually make it as a RT. 4 3.17%
No. He’ll end up as a Guard. 18 14.29%
I have no fricken idea and I don’t like to guess. 21 16.67%
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Old 05-07-2008, 05:59 PM  
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Do you think Brandon Albert will make it as a LT in this league?
The reason why I ask is because today I was trying to think of Chief players who were asked to change positions and it worked.

It’s hard to figure the success rate but from the way I figure it, it seems like there’s more misses than hits.

Part of me wonders if we’d just be better off putting Albert at Guard where you’d expect him to dominate for years to come.

There’s some winners and losers that I can recall.

Winners:

Eric Warfield – Safety in college to decent corner (for a while) in the pros
Brian Waters – TE in college to LG

Losers:

William Bartee – Safety to CB
Kris Wilson – TE to FB
Boomer Grigsby – LB to FB
Kendrell Bell – 3-4 MLB to 4-3 OLB


Who am I forgetting?
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Old 05-07-2008, 06:01 PM   #2
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Yes. He was stuck at left guard for three years because of D'Brickashaw Ferguson. He has the athletic ability to play left tackle. The Eagles were also hot on his ass before we snaked in and stole him away. The Eagles KNOW big-time offensive linemen.
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Old 05-07-2008, 06:02 PM   #3
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you think they chiefs are gonna get that lucky?

with Herm as head coach?


i just hope he's good enough to start ........... somewhere.
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Old 05-07-2008, 06:05 PM   #4
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Will Shields didn't seem to have much trouble going from right guard to left tackle (he was the backup there for several years, as I recall). Albert should be fine, with the kind of athleticism he brings to the table.

('Shouldn't' doesn't mean 'won't' of course...)

While I have no frickin' idea and generally don't like to guess, I did guess 'yes' on this. I think he might turn out to be a good left tackle for a long time.
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Old 05-07-2008, 06:07 PM   #5
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I hope he does, but learning to convert to one of the hardest positions to fill on a team, straight out of college, has me a bit worried.
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Old 05-07-2008, 06:12 PM   #6
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I'm going with guard. I think it's odd at best to take a college guard and try to convert him to left tackle.
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Old 05-07-2008, 06:13 PM   #7
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I hope he does, but learning to convert to one of the hardest positions to fill on a team, straight out of college, has me a bit worried.
I'm not sure how they're planning to do it, but I don't know that I would put him there now. I'd probably start him on the right side, with tight end help, and move him to left tackle for '09. And I think the line this year is probably better with McIntosh at LT and Albert at RT than vice versa (as much about McIntosh as Albert, if not moreso).

The wild card may be Richardson. If he looks ready to play at right tackle, I'd drop McIntosh from the equation altogether and put Albert on the left side, but I don't expect to see him starting until '09 either.

Either way, I don't think the change necessarily has to come straight out of college. Although if it does, and he 'gets it' so much the better.
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Old 05-07-2008, 06:25 PM   #8
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Old 05-07-2008, 06:25 PM   #9
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As long as Albert ends up being better at LT than Ryan Clady, I'll be happy. There are many on this board who think that Clady will be a bust and I hope their right, but I'm afraid he'll end up being a stud. I wanted him for KC and would rather take a gamble on drafting a small school LT to play the same position as a pro than I would in taking a big school guard and moving him to LT.

At the end of the day, I'm so happy with how the draft went as a whole that I don't really care. Of course if he ends up being a bust, I'll say that I told you so and if he becomes a stud then I'll hope this thread never sees the light of day again.
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Old 05-07-2008, 06:33 PM   #10
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Will Shields didn't seem to have much trouble going from right guard to left tackle (he was the backup there for several years, as I recall). Albert should be fine, with the kind of athleticism he brings to the table.

('Shouldn't' doesn't mean 'won't' of course...)

While I have no frickin' idea and generally don't like to guess, I did guess 'yes' on this. I think he might turn out to be a good left tackle for a long time.
I thought about listing Will but couldn't do it. Sure he might have been listed as a backup LT somewhere but as I recall, he was asked to step in and play LT for 1 game was it?... He played well but it was one game.
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Old 05-07-2008, 06:33 PM   #11
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Old 05-07-2008, 06:38 PM   #12
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I have no doubt that Albert can easily convert to LT.

He's athletic and quick, moves well in space, and has "Dancer's feet".

My money says he, along with Chris Williams, will be the best LT from this draft.
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Old 05-07-2008, 06:40 PM   #13
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Look at my avatar. Does that look like any old bag of bones you just throw at guard, or a tackle who is about to rip your face off so LJ can jam the ball down your esophagus?
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I thought about listing Will but couldn't do it. Sure he might have been listed as a backup LT somewhere but as I recall, he was asked to step in and play LT for 1 game was it?... He played well but it was one game.
You may be right, although I could swear I saw him in there more than once.

Either way, he was the backup for years; I don't think they'd have listed him there and not carried a 'real' backup OLT on the roster if they weren't positive he could get the job done.

Another Chief that comes to mind is Marcus Spears. He's sort of the opposite, a college tackle, but IIRC he played all over the line when he was here. Point being, I'm not sure making a line transition isn't a little easier than a skill position change, like S to CB or LB. We've seen guys with much less talent than Albert (Tait, for one) move all over the place. So I think it can be done. Whether he'll successfully do it or not, I can't say...
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