Comments on: Winston says farewell, Albert says he’s not a right tackle

By: albanyjints

albanyjints — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 04:08:01 +0000

We’ll take Winston on the Giants.

By: steelerben

steelerben — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:27:59 +0000

Draft Joeckel. Sit him a year behind Albert. Play Stevenson on the right. Next year, let Albert walk.

By: seabreezes51

seabreezes51 — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:18:51 +0000

So, does this make him an instant free agent that can be signed immediately? Or does he fall into the March 12 group?

By: tvguy22

tvguy22 — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:16:15 +0000

When Vick goes to KC, Albert will be protecting his blind side, which is on the right.

By: jprcox

jprcox — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:11:20 +0000

Chiefs are making a dumb move here. Tackle happens to be a position we were not weak at – not crazy strong, but not weak either. With so many other positions we are weak, I can’t imagine why would make moves to simply “improve” a certain position like this. We all know now we are drafting a LT at no. 1.

To me, it would make better sense to keep our Tackles as-is, trade down a bit to get 2 1st rounders and then bolster the team with critical players. Notice how many team in KC’s position end up getting multiple 1st rounders to jolt their team back to life. That needs to happen here.

By: slaydog103

slaydog103 — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:32:37 +0000

Hey Eric,
The Colts are a solid young team and could use a RT. Take them into consideration when signing with a new team.

By: vdaigglesfan

vdaigglesfan — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:30:44 +0000

In Andy World OL is the stepping stone to DC.

By: kdgwolfpack

kdgwolfpack — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:05:43 +0000

I don’t blame Albert. He deserves to stay on the left and should. Fisher will be the first pick if they do not trade out of it, not Joeckel. Fisher is more mobile than Joeckel and will play the right side. Reid is smart enough not to draft Joeckel and cause an immediate problem on the line that will result in losing Albert next year. Losing Albert and replacing him with Joeckel does not make KC a better team and would be a waist of the franchises first (and last) ever number one overall pick.

By: kingjoe1

kingjoe1 — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:36:14 +0000

Sounds like Albert is ready to call it a career. If his heart aint in it, he will suck this year, probably be “injured” for a few games, and get lucky to sign a 2 year non-guaranteed deal next year.
This is the script for thousands of past NFL’ers Why don’t players realize this while they are playing? NFL player have to be the dumbest bunch of pro athletes ever. Every year we see this attitude about getting 10 million to play for a year and instead of playing like every other year, they start whining and complaining and in the end, they never are the same player.

By: ekj6955

ekj6955 — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:52:06 +0000

Everyone, Albert will play lt and joeckel will be the rt. This is a one year evaluation period to see if b Albert can stay healthy. If he can he gets a long term deal, if not joeckel will have a season of experience and be moved to lt if Albert is not retained. If Albert gets hurt or underperforms during the year, joeckel is moved over when needed. My thoughts.

By: isphet71

isphet71 — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:20:53 +0000

The only classy guys named Albert in the world are Fictitious Butlers.

By: joetoronto

joetoronto — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:34:43 +0000

He wants out of that mess, who wouldn’t want to get out of Kansas friggin City?

By: brainsmasher

brainsmasher — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:34:33 +0000

Branden Albert has proven he can play left tackle at a high level in the NFL. If the Chiefs draft Luke Joeckel he will start off at right tackle to get acclimated. Dorsey and Andy Reid aren’t foolish like some fans who would do it the other way.

By: anrgydeafman

anrgydeafman — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:02:28 +0000

“Of course, it’s not Albert’s call. If/when he signs the one-year franchise tender, he’ll be required to do what he’s told, or he’ll risk being suspended without pay for conduct detrimental to the team.”

You damn right.

By: ripseau

ripseau — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 07:43:02 +0000

It wont effect the chiefs much but u have to make the second best offensive weapon happy. Eric fisher would certainly fit in at rt or dee milner would be another huge need. Dont get locked in on Joeckel, he wasn’t even the best ol on his college team, mathews was. The chiefs have plenty of options.
Or if not just take a 3rd rounder from my chargers and give us albert we need him bad

By: txtuff

txtuff — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:19:32 +0000

When tagging a O T there is no left or right, it is the same money. Now working out a contract is a whole different story.

By: lostsok

lostsok — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:16:28 +0000

At least he’s only protecting Alex Smith. This would only be an issue if he played on a good team with a valuable QB….

By: jlv3gem

jlv3gem — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:15:43 +0000

Typical response from a glen Burnie guy

By: dbones750

dbones750 — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:15:08 +0000

Draft Joeckel.
Leave Albert at LT.
Draft a left handed QB.

By: bullpuppy552

bullpuppy552 — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:00:54 +0000

Hey Albert, it’s not your call as to where you will play. You don’t call the shots!!! Shut up and play.

By: thestrategyexpert

thestrategyexpert — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 04:29:29 +0000

Let me turn on my human lie detector test:

Yep, I believe him.

By: pierrepoint1

pierrepoint1 — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 04:18:02 +0000

The team can only suspend him for a maximum of 4 games, so unless they are going to send him home WITH pay for the rest of the season, they should probably talk to him, and if necessary withdrawal the tag.

By: lambeaufieldwest

lambeaufieldwest — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 03:35:30 +0000

Left tackles make significantly more money in contract negotiations than right tackles. So, of course he doesn’t want to make the move to the right.

By: weareluckytohavemikeflorio

weareluckytohavemikeflorio — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 03:35:29 +0000

eric winston=turnstile in the passing game at RT.
good run blocker, great guy and classy to the core but this is now 2 teams that released him in 3 yrs or less.

By: goldenperspective

goldenperspective — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 03:31:30 +0000

Left tackle pays much better than the right side. I cannot blame him for not wanting to switch. Hopefully he answered the teams questions about the situation before he adamantly declared “you damn right” to the general public.

By: habsfanatic

habsfanatic — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 03:29:53 +0000

I can understand why a franchised player would not want to change positions when essentially playing on a one-year contract. From the Chiefs point of view, if they don’t see Albert as their franchise LT they should trade him, draft their new LT and pick up some much needed help in other areas.

By: jbaxt

jbaxt — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 03:02:59 +0000

Winston is a piece of trash. Loud mouthed and part time player at that.

By: silverhornet

silverhornet — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 03:00:52 +0000

Tell Albert to play with his back to the defense… walllah… problem solved.

By: jbaxt

jbaxt — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 02:58:13 +0000

Thank god, that piece of trash can take what he thinks about KC fans and shove it.

By: Max

Max — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 02:55:34 +0000

WHY give a guy the franchise tag with Left Tackle money to move him to Right Tackle, makes no sense!