If they can get him for a 2nd day draft pick I'd say do it...but I wouldn't go higher than a 2009 fifth rounder for him.  Maybe a fourth.  He's 27 (which is getting old for the speed positions) and he's injury-prone.  And, as Edwards pointed out, there are Cover-2 cornerbacks available in the draft.  And I'd wait until after we see how this draft shakes out.

And I know that Albert seems to be an increasingly popular choice with Chiefs fans, but I honestly think he's got all the makings of a horrible draft pick.  He's only started two games at tackle in college so his attractiveness at that position seems largely a factor of nobody having seen enough to pick apart his flaws.  Most of the time he played guard, which is rarely a position you want to draft that highly.  And drafting him because he's got a "NFL body" for the tackle position seems like a sure recipe for trouble...we don't have much of an idea of how good or how consistent his technique is at tackle (because we haven't seen enough of him to know).  If we don't have an available offensive tackle we can draft at this position I'd much rather they went to work on the defensive line (where we've got plenty of issues at DT and could possibly use a top DE if negotiations with Jared Allen go south).  If Jake Long is selected in the first four picks, a top defensive line talent is going to be available.

The only reason he is only recently coming up the charts is because only recently have people been looking at him seriously as a Tackle prospect.

As you all know, a players position in a mock draft is determined by where the person running the mock perceives teams have a need, and then puts the most highly ranked player he has listed at that position in that slot.  So since someone has Clady listed as the 2nd best Tackle in the draft and the Chiefs need one, they have Clady going to us at #5.  But if the Chiefs take someone else, Clady falls all the way down to #13 with the Panthers.  So how highly a player is ranked in a mock draft is completely relative to where the mock author perceives there is a need for that players position.

Brandon Albert has been viewed as the best Guard in the draft for months.  No team was viewed as a need for a Guard (and being late enough in the draft to justify a Guards salary) until the Steelers with the #23 pick.  That's why Albert has been in the 20s all along.

But the longer we look at the players available to us at different stages, our outlook changes.  Clady and Otah are very unappealing choices at #5 overall.  Neither of them have what it takes to A) Make an immediate impact or B) have the physical AND MENTAL make up to some day develop into an elite Left Tackle.

Albert has been spoken of as a Tackle prospect from day 1, but looked more at as someone you maybe draft as a Guard and then tinker around with to see if he can play Tackle.

But if you compare Albert to Clady & Otah, even though he did not play the position much in college, the football skills are there.  The intelligence, the athletic ability, the work ethic are what you look for in an elite Left Tackle that cannot be taught to someone that doesn't have them.

So yes, Albert has not played alot of Left Tackle in college (though he did play it in High School) and there is risk associated with his selection that he might fail at that position.  But can't the same be said of players that ARE viewed as solid Left Tackle prospects (Robert Gallary)?

Alberts physical and mental make up (forget about position) are light years ahead of Clady and Otah.  He has taken the position he was given and made the most of it.  If he can do the same at Left Tackle, we could end up with another Willie Roaf.  And if he fails, at worst we get another Will Shields.

If you want to know how everyone feels about branden albert, go to "why branden albert must be considered at #5" in the diaries. Believe me when I tell you that i do not endorse the albert pick...