Pass protection for Ryan Tannehill has been an issue for so long that when the subject was brought up to left tackle Branden Albert, he immediately went into protection mode himself.
“What’s the problem?” Albert said.
There wasn’t any, which was why Albert was asked his assessment of a preseason game in which Tannehill was sacked just once.
In truth, Albert knew the point of the question was to gauge progress, not bash inadequacies, but decided to have a little fun playing grizzly bear with the media.
“OK,” he finally said, relenting. “I mean, we did better.