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The Miami Herald's Armando Salguero reports the Jaguars are interested in acquiring LT Branden Albert.
After refusing to pick up LT Kelvin Beachum's four-year team option earlier this week, Jacksonville is again in the market for a blind-side protector for Blake Bortles. Albert is 32 and may not have much left in the tank, but he should have at least 1-2 more years of left tackle in him. Salguero mentions the possibility of an Albert-for-Julius Thomas swap that rids each team of players it doesn't want while helping each other out with a player at a position of need. Thomas, of course, had back-to-back 12-touchdown seasons in Denver under now-Dolphins coach Adam Gase.
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The Miami Herald reports the Dolphins have decided to hold off on releasing LT Branden Albert, and are "apparently going to pause and assess the possibilities."
Only the Dolphins. Truly, only the Dolphins. Per ace reporter Armando Salguero, the Dolphins and Albert agreed to his release on Thursday morning, but the team had an about-face due to "sudden and significant interest from at least one and perhaps other teams in acquiring Albert." It means the Dolphins will probably keep Albert on the roster through the start of the new league year on March 9. They are doing Albert dirty, not letting him choose his own team, and potentially severely depressing his value. Instead of having the market all to himself right now, Albert may have to fight for scraps in the second phase of free agency.
