I’m not sure what you call it. It’s not QUITE a wing-T formation. But a pair of FBs in front of LJ, with the option of leaving all three back in protection or rammin’ all three at the defense, or some mix. Ryan is definitely not that great up at the line, but he can probably knock a guy off his intended angle by running AT him. LJ’s gotten some decent runs behind Cox and Ryan. Whichever side it’s run to (or UP THE GUT), let the opposite side FB slam the A or B gap, so that Goff/Niswanger/Waters don’t let the penetration blow up the play before it gets started.

Here’s to hoping Kolby Smith explodes on the scene next week.

I am somewhat indifferent to moving Albert and drafting a Tackle, or keeping Albert at LT and drafting a G…

Now that I say that, i’m kinda leaning towards keeping Albert in place…
Albert and O’Callaghan have the T spots in decent shape, Waters should be around another year, at most…Niswanger needs to be upgraded or moved to G…

The Chiefs would have a glut of Gs on the roster… Ndukwe, Alleman, Brown, Waters, Niswanger, Smith (hopefully Goff is gone)… but a lack of depth at tackle.

I think I would draft the best damn Center out there, a mid round Tackle… maybe not even take a G at all.

for 2010
Albert, Waters, Rookie C, Ndukwe, O’Callaghan starters
Rookie T, Alleman, Smith, Brown, Richardson as backups

for 2011, they’ll need a new LG

You can find Guards all over the 3rd and later rounds of the draft that will play well at Guard and Center. Will Shields was a 3rd round pick. Brian Waters was undrafted.

You do not need 1st round picks playing Guard.

Left Tackle is the position that is difficult to find. People would realize that Albert is a Left Tackle that was playing out of position in college because they had an overabundance of talent at that position at Virginia, and just embrace the fact that he is doing a damn fine job there, and will continue to get better.

Its not as though the offensive line is the ONLY need of this team. Yes it is the glaring major one and it MUST be fixed, but there are also giant holes at pass rusher, linebacker, running back and wide receiver that MUST be addressed as well.

So rather than taking a very good player and moving him to a position that you could fill in the 4th round and spend that high pick on a player that would at best be marginally better than what Albert is already doing, lets get some upgrades at other positions where the changes will be much more dramatic.

And he is a LG. I really doubt that switching positions for albert would make him the best in the league. I think he could do it though. I think we should draft Berry. Our Safeties are arguably worse then our OL. Seriousl!

I agree that a developmental pass rusher would be smart to get in the mid to later rounds, assuming Vrabel is here next year.

NT… I could see them taking one in the 2nd, and letting him learn behind Edwards as well.

No way they take a C in the first, the best one should still be there for the 2nd round picks, and a good one in the 3rd.

Connor Barth could have made those FG’s.

The offensive line is still a mess. The Defense is getting run over even worse than last year. The running game stinks. The return game stinks. Pioli drafted not one, but two defensive linemen who will take a few years to develop and so are not contributing.

That doesn’t mean that I don’t think things WILL improve. But I think that improvment will come next year when they can add more players, not this year.

I think Matt Cassel is a better QB than Huard or Thigpen, but he can’t do anything without those other ingredients. He suffers from the same problems they did.

The sole area that I see a marked improvment is Ryan Succop as Kicker.