PFT take on Albert and his twitter account

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by Rausch

And that's not even taking into consideration that he protected the two worst starting QB's in the league (he did.)

Originally Posted by Pestilence

And with a rookie LG next to him.

Both of those things are true, but excuses don't make a strong case that Albert is special as opposed to merely above average.

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by patteeu

Both of those things are true, but excuses don't make a strong case that Albert is special as opposed to merely above average.

Nobody is punching his ticket to Canton. Most are merely point out he's a top 5-10 LT and replacing him or moving him doesn't seem to be the best way to upgrade the team.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

Most are merely point out he's a top 5-10 LT and replacing him or moving him doesn't seem to be the best way to upgrade the team.

Albert is NOT a top five left tackle. Otherwise, people would be climbing all over themselves to get him for a second round selection.

Albert's above average. Not great, not bad but above average. Considering there are greater needs, the Chiefs should take whatever trade makes them comfortable in order to address other positions.

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Albert is NOT a top five left tackle. Otherwise, people would be climbing all over themselves to get him for a second round selection.

Albert's above average. Not great, not bad but above average. Considering there are greater needs, the Chiefs should take whatever trade makes them comfortable in order to address other positions.

I agree. He's a lot more John Tait than Willie Roaf and there are other areas that should be addressed.

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

I agree. He's a lot more John Tait than Willie Roaf and there are other areas that should be addressed.

I can agree to this too.

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

Nobody is punching his ticket to Canton. Most are merely point out he's a top 5-10 LT and replacing him or moving him doesn't seem to be the best way to upgrade the team.

I think even calling him "top 5-10" is misleading. He's arguably been between the 5th and 10th best LT in the league for 2 years of a 5 year career, but it's not clear that that's true. And, IMO, it's not really even very arguable that he's top 5.

Let's look at PFF's Pass Blocking Efficiency rating that takes into account sacks allowed, hits, and pressures on a per passing snap basis. Albert ranked 7th among LTs in 2012 and 8th in 2011.*

But using PFFs overall rating that includes run blocking and penalties as well as pass blocking, he ranks 13th in 2012 and 12th in 2011.* $

All of this leaves out his propensity to miss snaps due to injury, his ability/inability to make the guy next to him better, and his intangibles.

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* These rankings are based on tackles who played at least 25% of their team's snaps.

$ The overall rating is not on a per snap basis, so I did some rough math to make an adjustment to the 2012 ranking. Based on the raw rating, he came in as the 17th ranked LT in 2012.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by patteeu

Both of those things are true, but excuses don't make a strong case that Albert is special as opposed to merely above average.

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[Mr_Tomahawk]

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/8392/eric-fisher

The National Football Post passes along "buzz building in league circles" that the draft's top-three offensive tackles are in "high demand" and will "go fast" on the first day of the draft.The tackle-needy Chargers, sitting at 11, can no longer count on one of the tackles falling to them. They may have to reach for D.J. Fluker, and we could also see Terron Armstead going in the first round. Per NFP, "some" would not be surprised if a team like the Dolphins traded up for a left tackle. We expect Luke Joeckel, Eric Fisher, and Lane Johnson all to be top-seven picks. Apr 15 - 1:14 PM