My official endorsement for the 21st overall pick.

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Originally Posted by milkman

But when he does things well, he can and has locked down his opponent.

That can be said about every tackle in the league. The problem with Albert is that happens far to infrequently.

He does a good job as a run blocker, and gets to the second level, something you constantly say that he hasn't done.

Oh, he can get to the second level. He flounders when he gets there however and more often than not, struggles considerably in finding and locking on a defender. There were many times this past season when he got out to the second level on run plays and simply watched the play go right by him without engaging anyone.

He hasn't progressed.

No, he hasn't.

But at worst, he's adequate until someone is brought in to replace him.

At worst, I think he's well below the adequacy line. At best, he's adequate. The problem around here is that you've got a bunch of people who are so against addressing this problem because he's only spent three years in the league and he was a first round pick. They apparently loathe the concept of having more than one first round pick on the offensive line (even though there are five guys there and it is a position of importance) so much that they are willing to turn a blind eye towards Albert's gross inconsistencies and think that everything is hunky dory.

It's okay to have multiple first rounders on the defensive line. Three out of three first round picks on a 3-4 defensive front seems to be the average CP posters idea of football nirvana. But have two guys on the offensive line that were first rounders?! It's akin to having your scrotum placed on a belt sander.