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Originally Posted by buddha
Free agency means guys can sign anywhere they want to sign, right? You seem to complain no matter what the circumstance, so answer this...what would you have the Chiefs do? Not have somebody ready to take over if Albert leaves? Is that wise in your opinion? What is Albert gets hurt? We have NOTHING behind him...all o-line depth was gone prior to today.
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All I do is complain? Yeah, that's really been my MO in the 11+ years I've been here. Feel free to bite me.
I've discussed it plenty in the draft thread but I wouldn't worry about replacing Albert until I actually had to. They did pick up a nice player in the 2nd who could have backed up the tackle position in a pinch. Also, this is a fairly deep o-line draft and there are still some decent tackles available if you want to provide depth. As I discussed (not complained) before, it seems like a high #3 pick should be used on someone that will get on the field, either as a starter, a ST player and/or a rotation player. QB and O-line are kind of unique in that they don't tend to share time like other positions, so a backup tackle is only going to see the field in an emergency.
However, after thinking about it for a while, I think they were fully intent on taking the safety Taylor there. When SD sniped him, they simply took the BPA, which happened to be a LT. So be it. Pioli did a nice job of extending Flowers, Charles and Hali so I hope he can extend Albert and Bowe and we don't have to waste a pick in the future to replace those guys.
BTW, I agree that Dorsey probably won't be back unless it's super cheap. He hasn't really fit since the change to a 3-4, though he's done as well as can be expected. I would have understood taking Brockers in the first because of that.