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Originally Posted by RustShack
The fact that hes only a SECOND YEAR PLAYER does. The fact that he dropped to a lighter weight than what he played even in college does. The fact we changed blocking schemes a week before the season does. The fact he had to learn a whole new technique and mechanics(just like Okung will have to coming from the spread). You just don't get that teams run different schemes, you don't get that different blockers fit different systems. You don't get that Albert is a better LT for OUR team than Okung is. Sure Okung could be a better LT than Albert on some teams, but not this team. On our team Okungs best position is RT.
People who give up on first round picks after just their second year(especially when he was in four completely different systems in the last three years) need to have their draft talking abilities revoked.
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I'm not so sure that he's the right guy for Haley. Not that Okung is either, but Okung is closer to what he wants out of a LT than Albert will ever be. Mecca is closer to it with the suggestion of Charlie Brown than anything, but I suspect that Albert will be given another chance - though there is no guarantee, as I'm sure that Haley wasn't too overly pleased with his play this past season. They aren't into him for much money and they've already shown a propensity to have little patience with Herm/Carl guys.
I imagine that they will try to trade down and get more picks. Buffalo and Jacksonville might try to leapfrog Seattle, Cleveland and even Oakland if they think that a qb that they like might not be there. But they could pick a number of different players if they stay at #5, Okung included.