We must draft OL early!

[SeanTaylor21]

Originally Posted by freddyg12

I beg to differ. In 05 R. Thomas was out & our running game suffered. This past year, the right side of the line couldn't stop Seattle's 1 on 1 pass rush. Kerney abused Heyer as expected. Can't blame the kid, he was just a rook. We were lucky that Kerney's hit on Collins was called an incomplete pass, it looked clear that it was a fumble. The reason we had some success is we went to the no huddle & kept them off guard.

I agree, DE & CB are big needs, but our O line hasn't had any real depth for a no. of years. Albert seems a better prospect than most of the guys that are likely to be there for us at #21. If we were talking about picking in the top 10 I wouldn't argue that he's worth taking, cause then we'd be able to land one of the top DEs. i.e. Albert might be the "best player available" when we pick.

The only way I would draft Brandon Albert is if I was sure that Jordy Nelson would drop to us in the third round, if not I'm not sure I'd be happy using a second on him, or maybe we could trade down from our second and get some picks and get him a little later.