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Originally Posted by milkman

Pay the **** attention, dipshit.

I really don't think that the word "****" is appropriate as a noun determiner in that sentence.

I've said numerous times that Albert struggled.
I never once said that I was completely happy with Albert's performance.

All I've ever said is that he's a kid that is his second year, just learning technque, whose had to go through three scheme changes (four, when you consider the change to a spread last year after Thogpen took over the starting dutoes at QB), whose battled through injuries in his first season, and struggled with a substantial weight loss in a short peiod of time.

And with all of that, I still like his potential, and I don't believe you give up on that potential after only his second year.

Insert Matt Cassel, Rudy Niswanger, DaJuan Morgan, Dwayne Bowe, Maurice Leggett, Tyson Jackson and Glenn Dorsey for "Albert" in the above and you have the Chiefs current situation.

JFC, I never said I don't like the idea of taking OL early in the draft, if that OL is a LT with potential to be an elite LT in the NFL.
I don't believe that is Okung.

The point I'm trying to make is that there isn't anyone in this draft other than Suh who you can say that about from a position perspective. There is always going to be questions about a person/player. Hell, the teams in the league were pretty much split on who was going to be the better quarterback - Manning or Leaf. You think Albert is going to turn the corner and become a viable left tackle. I don't see him being anything more than mediocre at that position. Just a difference of opinions. You don't have to get so worked up about it.

Wow, imagine that, a college guard that some think has the athletic ability to play tackle being compared to a college guard that most thought had the athletic ability to make that transition.

Why, I just bet college guards practice OT technique non stop.

That's my point. Albert was a project when he was drafted two years ago. There was no guarantee that he was going to end up as a competent left tackle because he never played the position. It was a reach pick by Carl/Herm for a team that needed players who had to contribute right then and there. If they had a top flight LT that was heading into the twilight of his professional career and wanted him to learn the position under the guy or groom him at RT with the hope of moving him over, then he would have been a decent pick. But they needed a LT immediately, threw him to the wolves and he's struggled.

If it's so ****ing obvious, why is that even sites that you've used to support your whole Okung love affair question whether he's the best prospect.

Because draftniks love "potential." They love talking up Herculean type guys like Campbell and Iupati for the LT spot (*cough*Robert Gallery*cough*) because they look the part. They love combine numbers, the bench press and the 40. Because they don't take into account teams schemes and the types of players that would work best in those schemes but rather how much potential a guys has based on his raw physical attributes.

JFC, why I am wasting keystrokes on your dumb ass?

I don't know. Maybe you don't have anything better to do. I've got to go make some deviled eggs, so I'll have to excuse myself from this conversation for a bit.