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Haley was a complete and utter moron for going from 6 protection packages (Gailey) to 24+ a week before the season started. There is a good reason why everyone looked so confused the first 12 games. Waters, who has always been the utmost professional and who has always played at a very high level even looked lost out there.
Here's the way I see it. Albert played very well his rookie year. He didn't have much collegiate experience at LT and missed most of camp with injuries. Despite that he came out and played much better than one could have expected. Did he benefit from the pistol formation and did that formation hide some of his flaws, most likely, but he still played well.
I don't really think you can judge the OL, QB and running game last year. It was a mess in terms of timing, scheme, playcalling, talent and personnel. I will fault the receivers and TE's for dropping so many passes and TE's for poor blocking. In my eyes Albert and Cassel get a pass for last year. And, if you aren't willing to give either a pass, then you take the potential franchise QB over the potential franchise LT in the draft.
The debate shouldn't be Berry v. Okung/Bulaga/Williams, but Berry v. Bradford/Clausen.
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Mismanaging the clock.
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