I should have said one of the best, my error. I think his body of work is clearly one of the best and I recall reading a post with a link here recently that said he was the best, but I am not going to search for it. But I digress.

so branden albert is willie roaf now. jfc.

Do you think there is a Willie Roaf playing in the NFL right now? I don't.

Here he tied for 5th. Albert

If we had a 5th at QB, the team would have been in pretty good shape.

Well, he did a very good job of protecting the blindside of Matt "I'll create and run into my own pressure" Cassel for the majority of his career.

This year or last year? This year the Niners have Boldin as their #2. One could argue that Boldin is better than Crabtree...just not much left on the tires.

You're right though, it comes down to the line. You can have an average QB, RB and WRs and if your line can buy 5 seconds every play you're looking at having a top 10 offense.


Lots of players don't show up for Voluntary Practise when they're franchised...I don't think you have much to worry about.

Bowe, is slightly better than Crabtree, Boldin is better than both, manningham is better than avery, as you said Vernon is better than the chiefs tight ends, and yes, Charles is amazing. Gore/Hunter/Lemichael james, is more dynamic than the chiefs........