ChiefsPlanet - Chiefs How good, exactly, is Branden Albert.

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Originally Posted by keg in kc (Post 9522555)

Oh, and I almost forgot about this.

No, I didn't say Albert was anything special. What I'm saying is that Joeckel isn't anything special. Albert is a good LT, and has proven worth his draft position. He's probably in the discussion for top-10 tackles in the league. If Joeckel was the next Orlando Pace, I wouldn't have much of an issue with it. But he's not. He's just benefiting from being part of a class with no clear blue chip players. There aren't many other years where he'd be in the discussion for number 1, and there aren't many other years where there aren't 3-4 tackles of equivalent value available in the latter half of the 1st round (just like there are 3-4 tackles just like him being talked about in the first half of this year's draft).Yeah, there are reasons. Which I just outlined.

ok, let me get this straight: you think Joeckel is a subpar LT and will be a worse LT in the NFL than Albert, and therefore, this makes Albert the better option for kc, fine. You also think that this is a weak draft class for LTs too.

I can buy your theory on Albert being better but I see no proof that this is a particularly weak draft at the LT position. If you can provide any kind of proof, say a link to an article from a legitimate source stating that this is a weak class for the tackle position and LT in particular, I might concede this point. But with no proof I'm calling bs on this.