How so? IMO it smacks of reporters trying to grab headlines.

If anything Ireland has more incentive to wait until after the draft for Albert. The Chiefs are most likely going to select an OT, weakening their hand considerably. Id rather give up a pick in 2014 anyway, and if push comes to shove the Chiefs will end up losing him for nothing so if anyone is getting desperate it's them.

 

What I dont understand is that if indeed the Chiefs are indeed willing to take Fisher, who has said he was willing to play RT for a year, why the Chiefs wouldnt just take Fisher? This screams bluff to me and John Dorsey is just trying to maximize value. he wants to take Joeckel imo and has Fisher as a fallback in case he doesnt get what he wants. He just doesnt want the embarrassment of moving his "franchised LT" to another position in a year when Fisher is ready to move to LT...

 

What's the highest comp pick they could get for him...a 3rd?

 

Just do it already, so we can just draft Eifert !

 

well to be honest ... i'd take Fisher over Joeckel anyway ...

have to believe that KC doesn't want pick 54 in return .... I know I wouldn't.

some believe that 'we' have some leverage ... we don't

 

even for one year, you'd be paying #1 overall money to play RT? It can't happen. It'd be THE silliest waste of money ever, and that's not even taking the 9.8 you're giving Albert already due to the tag.

Chiefs are in a ****ty spot. they're exactly where we were when we had the #1 pick. Bad team that needs a QB and the best prospects are lineman.

 

This would be ideal- ideal.

 

#1 money isn't #1 money these days.

 

Huh? It's only $5.5M a year. Anthony Davis ring a bell? The right tackle San Fran just inked to 7yr/$40M? Niners are paying him more per year for 7 years of right tackle play.

 

Your ignoring the guaranteed money #1 overall gets. And 9.8 mil is going to Albert. That's an insane amount of money in your tackles

 

I'd **** my pants if that happened.

I don't see how Ireland is the desperate one in the situation either. He's not the one already committed to dumping Albert and needing to get something of value in return. Ireland has plenty of picks and has already beefed up the OL a little in FA.

 

No one gets to be an NFL GM without knowing how to play hardball. I'm rooting for Ireland to push the Chiefs to the limit of his leverage on this deal.