Branden Albert may be out for season

**brdempsey69** · 11-09-2014, 07:16 PM

You can read about Branden Albert and his possible season-ending injury HERE.

Now nobody really wanted this to happen to him. I'll admit that he wasn't one of my favorite players & that was because too many were using him as a crutch to not go O-Line at the top of the draft and add to that, he wouldn't make a position switch to position he played in high school and college and could have been All-Pro Guard in the NFL. But, the powers that be at the time were too stupid to allow it.

Maybe he'll get healthy and come back and play a full season next year.

**Seek** · 11-10-2014, 01:04 PM

It was just a matter of time. Let me guess he had quit on a play or was just standing straight up pushing on someone not near the action when someone rolled into his knee.

**jap1** · 11-10-2014, 02:04 PM

Close. He was actually blocking his guy and sometime rolled into the side/back of his knee. One of those plays where there was nothing you could do as a player to protect yourself. I hope he is ok and recovers well.

**matthewschiefs** · 11-10-2014, 03:12 PM

It's now determined that he tore his ACL and MCL

Tough for him and hope he's able to have a full recovery.

I was one that didn't think his loss was that big this year for things just like this he just hasn't been able to stay on the field

**ctchiefsfan** · 11-10-2014, 03:40 PM

Here's a question....Hopefully one of you guys that knows more about football than I do can answer it for me.

As I understand it, we receive compensatory draft picks for the players we lost in free agency. And I am under the impression that how many picks we get and what round they come in is somehow affected by how well the player does for his new team.

Have I got that right so far?????

And if I have, how will this injury affect the compensatory draft picks we get??????

Hope someone here can shed some light on that for me?????

**N TX Dave** · 11-10-2014, 03:51 PM

No the way I understand it has to do with the amount of money they make on the new team. I think as for playing time goes he was a starter, however it may stop him from being a pro bowl player.

These picks are determined at the league's annual meeting before the draft and are given to teams that in the previous year's free agency period have lost more or better free agent players than they gained.
This highly confidential formula, created by the NFL Management Council, is based on players' salaries, playing time, post-season awards, and the net amount of free agents lost versus free agents signed.
The maximum amount of picks any team can gain is 4 and they cannot be traded.

**brdempsey69** · 11-10-2014, 03:51 PM

Good point, ctchiefsfan. Albert's injury may very well have an effect on the compensatory pick they get for him. And none of the others who left via FA like Tyson Jackson or Asamoah are having any impact in their new surroundings. Still the Chiefs will have all 7 of their picks and I believe they got an extra one for the trade of G Rishaw Johnson to TB and they should get at least 2 compensatory picks for all the players they did lose like McCluster, Demps, Schwartz, etc. People were up in arms about that in the off-season, but the Chiefs have fought through it and those losses have not come back to bite them at all.

**ctchiefsfan** · 11-10-2014, 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by N TX Dave

No the way I understand it has to do with the amount of money they make on the new team. I think as for playing time goes he was a starter, however it may stop him from being a pro bowl player.

These picks are determined at the league's annual meeting before the draft and are given to teams that in the previous year's free agency period have lost more or better free agent players than they gained.
This highly confidential formula, created by the NFL Management Council, is based on players' salaries, playing time, post-season awards, and the net amount of free agents lost versus free agents signed.
The maximum amount of picks any team can gain is 4 and they cannot be traded.

Thanks for the speedy answer N TX Dave. But if I understand your post correctly playing time does factor in to the number of picks we'll get and what round they will come in. Did I understand correctly?

It would be a damned shame if this injury to Albert had an adverse affect on our free agency compensatory draft picks.

**ctchiefsfan** · 11-10-2014, 04:40 PM

Originally Posted by brdempsey69

Good point, ctchiefsfan. Albert's injury may very well have an effect on the compensatory pick they get for him. And none of the others who left via FA like Tyson Jackson or Asamoah are having any impact in their new surroundings. Still the Chiefs will have all 7 of their picks and I believe they got an extra one for the trade of G Rishaw Johnson to TB and they should get at least 2 compensatory picks for all the players they did lose like McCluster, Demps, Schwartz, etc. People were up in arms about that in the off-season, but the Chiefs have fought through it and those losses have not come back to bite them at all.

Thanks brdempsey....Like you, I was not thrilled to see us lose some of these players to free agency, but with the cap issues we had and key players we needed to re-sign it seemed that we had no choice. And to be honest it doesn't seem to have hurt us much if at all. I just hope the Albert injury does not devalue our compensatory picks. I want Dorsey to go CRAZY in the draft!

**Eydugstr** · 11-10-2014, 05:21 PM

Think ctc hit the nail on the head with the right question.

I hope the guy recovers soon. Miami was competeting very hard to improve itself, and to have something like this happen to a free agent they've sought after for some time sucks. While I'm no Branden Albert fan, wouldn't wish a torn ACL on anybody.