We must draft OL early!

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Originally Posted by skinsfan69

IMO Albert could come in and unseat Kendall very easily. Kendall was solid but he isn't going to hold up for 16 games with his knees and age. Let me ask you this. In 05 and 07 we made the playoffs and why did we lose those games? Or what was a big reason we lost? Cause we could not move the chains and get a 1/2 a yard on 4th down and an inability to protect the passer. Both years we had injuries to the o-line and had no depth. I'm not sure what the stats are for short yardage but I'd be willing to bet that we were at the bottom at converting 3rd and 4th down with a yard or less. IMO we simply can not ignore the line anymore. Especially with the age of Thomas and Kendall.

Good summary.

Albert, if he is still available, would be the best use of our first round pick. We will definately have to address D-Line this year at some point, but the second round looks like a place where a DLman who has a first round grade could fall to us...and then all of a sudden we have two "first round" picks and a great draft.