Arguments for a Left Tackle in the 2010 Draft.

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Originally Posted by keg in kc

Anybody who's at all familiar with the team knows that Albert was asked to lose a significant amount of weight, was coached with a focus on technique instead of relying on strength and weight, was put into a new blocking scheme in a new offensive system that was implemented the week before the season started (as a 2nd year pro), and eventually made major strides over the second half of the season.

Unfortunately most people in the football industry who are "objectively analyzing the Chiefs" don't have any clue about any of that.

I'm sure they do and they are able to understand that Albert is in the wrong system while playing at LT. He's not a zone blocking type of player (at least on the edge), and he doesn't have, or hasn't shown to this point, the reaction time to be effective in that type of scheme. I think he's got enough athleticism at his size to be effective in the phonebooth in Haley's scheme, but not on the edge.

Maybe it's the fear of irony that prevents people from seeing this - that we've given the Raiders so much shit for moving Gallery over, that people around here have called Leonard Davis a bust because he ended up being a Pro Bowl guard instead of a tackle.

But I'll tell you what - I'd rather have an All-Pro guard than a turnstile LT.