Dolphins cutting left tackle Branden Albert

[Mr_Tomahawk]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...randen-albert/

The pool of available left tackles continues to fill, with the Dolphins the latest to throw a guy out of theirs.

According to Mike Garafolo of the NFL Network, the Dolphins will be cutting veteran left tackle Branden Albert.

That clears the way for 2016 first-rounder Laremy Tunsil to take over there, after they plugged him into various roles last year, settling at left guard.

The 32-year-old Albert struggled with injuries as a Dolphin, though the investment they made in Tunsil made this seem inevitable from the moment the talented blocker fell into their laps because of a marijuana-smoking gas mask video just before the draft began.

Albert may no longer be athletic enough to handle the position the way he once did, but he’ll still likely get plenty of looks on the market.

[Kman34]

Originally Posted by Pestilence

Citing league sources, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports the Dolphins are working to finalize a trade sending Branden Albert to the Jaguars in exchange for Julius Thomas.

The Miami Herald reported this late in the week, but the Sun-Sentinel got credit for the story on multiple media outlets today. The Sun-Sentinel hasn't (accurately) broken an NFL story in years. Either way, it's clear the Albert-for-Thomas deal has legs and at this point seems inevitable. Officially, no deal can be consummated until the start of the new league year on March 9.

Why didn't they just wait till Miami cut this brokedick..

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by Kman34

Why didn't they just wait till Miami cut this brokedick..

then they would have to convince Albert to sign with them etc,etc

The jaguars have a problem with getting FAs

[Nickhead]

Originally Posted by Kman34

Why didn't they just wait till Miami cut this brokedick..

cause miami saw interest with the 'rumor' they were going to cut him, and decided they wanted something in return, rather than cutting him.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Kram

Really though, think about alternate history where AlbertS pimps got their way, and we re-signed him to a long term contract.

He got 5 years and $47 million from Miami 2 years ago. His cap hit is > $10 million for each of the next three years. We wouldn't have drafted Fisher, so we would probably still have a hole at LT. We'd have instead wasted Fisher's pick on someone else at the top of the worst draft class in recent memory. We would be saddled with two terrible contracts and no LT. Think about that armchair GMs

Do these windmills you're tilting at have names?

Albert moved on from the Chiefs like a fart in the bulk paper aisle at Costco.