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Kansas City —It seems like the Chiefs have only been spoken about in glowing terms since the draft, but it'll take more than a new left tackle to fix their blocking issues of 2007. Branden Albert became a hot name in the draft buildup and has apparently impressed early, but he has yet to perform in pads and has never played a high-level season at left tackle.

His addition pushes vagabond Damion McIntosh - who reportedly played solidly in 2007 - to right tackle, where the Kyle Turley experiment went about as badly as expected. Brian Waters should remain a gem at guard, but starting center Casey Wiegmann was allowed to leave. Rudy Niswanger appears to be his replacement, but the third-year player has yet to start an NFL game. If Albert proves to be for real, there could be a big leap in K.C., but I'm certainly not ready to count on it. Even if he doesn't, though, Larry Johnson remains a first-round pick.

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That the further we get from 2007, the better everyone seems to think Damion McIntosh played. During the season he was a terrible player who should be moved from tackle to guard, then he was projected to be a solid right tackle for 2008, then he wasn’t so bad at left tackle.

McIntosh sucked. He was a garbage player on a garbage line. He couldn’t block, he gave a half-hearted effort, and he flipped off the fans. In his career he’s had two teams, who needed tackles at the time, cut him loose. If we’re lucky he’ll be an average to below average right tackle next season…if he can stay healthy, which is never a good bet.

Supporting the lesser of two evils is still supporting something evil.

by UCrawford on Jun 3, 2008 10:47 PM CDT   0 recs

Recollections of Damion McIntosh

I can’t actually visualize Mac’s play from last year, but here are my impressions. I remember thinking he did a decent job pass blocking. I also remember thinking that whenever we ran left, there was no place to go most of the time. (Well…like there were gaping holes to the right…)

Perhaps my expectations of what I was hoping to see from pass blocking last year were so low that I counted any pass play without a sack coming from that side a positive. And hence, I formed an overly optimistic impression of what was really happening. While I’m a person who may watch a position player for a couple of plays during a game, I don’t record the games and then "watch game tape" the rest of the week. So my player impressions are usually based on generals impressions and a handful of plays in which a player was highlighted. Sometimes I’m in the stadium, but last year I watched from the couch via NFL Ticket.

And I hadn’t really linked McIntosh with troubles running left (for some odd reason), but thinking about that now makes me a little nervous to put him at right tackle if he’s not an animal at run blocking. This is the point at which I begin to throw in the towel regarding my own limited analytical abilities and trust the coaches close to the situation to match the players’ strengths with what they need out of each position. But that shouldn’t keep us from second guessing them all the time, should it? That’s half the fun of being a fan! [grin]

by sunny D on Jun 4, 2008 1:32 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I Just Have A Feeling

He won’t be wearing a Chiefs uniform come 2009.

Supporting the lesser of two evils is still supporting something evil.

by UCrawford on Jun 4, 2008 12:52 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

+1

my sediments exactly!

by Ochophosphate on Jun 4, 2008 4:58 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

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