Cap room for him? Not really, but moves could be made.
Draft capital for him? Maybe, but we're awfully low in the draft.
Tunsil trade (For record-keeping purposes, the trade saw the Dolphins acquire first-round picks in 2020 and 2021 and a second-round pick in 2021 along with offensive tackle Julién Davenport and defensive back Johnson Bademosi in exchange for Tunsil, wide receiver Kenny Stills, a 2020 fourth-round pick and a 2021 sixth-round selection.)
It only took the Ravens a little over a year to learn their selection of Orlando Brown was a wise one, but they've met a new challenge with the tackle that could be their last.
Brown has expressed his desire to be traded, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Wednesday. After spending the majority of 2020 on the left side in place of the injured Ronnie Stanley, Brown has found his comfort zone and does not want to return to the right side. He'll only play for a team that will line him up at his preferred left tackle position, per Rapoport.
Rapoport added the Ravens value Brown significantly and would need major compensation in order to do a deal.
Brown's background is on the left side, but he ended up in Baltimore as a right tackle after a poor pre-draft showing saw him slide from a first-round projection to an eventual third-round pick of the Ravens. He blossomed in 2019 and especially in 2020 after switching to the left side to replace Stanley, earning his second straight trip to the Pro Bowl -- and first as an initial selection. Thanks to Brown's quick adjustment to the left side of the line, Baltimore didn't lose much in offensive production following Stanley's injury, finishing as the league's No. 1 rushing offense for a second straight season.
Brown's success on the left side and desire to remain there might very well also be tied to the financial ramifications of the tackle position. As it currently stands, there is a $5 million per year difference between the league's highest-paid right tackle (Philadelphia's Lane Johnson) and left tackle (Green Bay's David Bakhtiari). Of the top 10 highest-paid tackles in the NFL (in terms of average salary per year), only two -- Johnson and Las Vegas' Trent Brown -- are right tackles.
Orlando Brown missed out on significant money typically afforded to first-round picks right around the moment when he racked the bar after just 14 bench-press reps during a nightmarish 2018 NFL Scouting Combine. He's made a little over $1.8 million in base salary total in his first three seasons, and though he will see a significant boost in 2021 (base salary of $3.38 million) due to the structure of his rookie deal, that's still an incredibly far cry from where tackles of his level land in compensation ranking.
After demonstrating his ability to effectively handle the transition from right to left tackle -- a return to his roots, essentially -- Brown is in a prime position to capitalize financially and beyond. He'll maximize his earning potential by remaining a left tackle, and he'll probably enjoy playing the game a bit more in a stance and vantage point that's more familiar to him, anyway.
If that doesn't fit in Baltimore, the Ravens will have to move him. And though this isn't exactly the best way to ensure maximum leverage in a deal, they'll probably still get a haul for him. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Detoxing:
LT's aren't QB's. If he has to sit a year in favor of some guy that you know ain't the guy, then he's not a 1st round LT.
This is what I think but kinda got shit on for it
Don’t take guys early that need to sit and learn [Reply]
Originally Posted by Detoxing:
LT's aren't QB's. If he has to sit a year in favor of some guy that you know ain't the guy, then he's not a 1st round LT.
100% agree. That's why the whole Okung thing doesn't make sense to me. [Reply]
Originally Posted by -King-:
100% agree. That's why the whole Okung thing doesn't make sense to me.
Because you’re too dumb to realize that the entire point of signing a guy like Okung is to give you flexibility in the draft, not necessarily to be a stop gap for a 1st round LT. [Reply]
Originally Posted by staylor26:
Because you’re too dumb to realize that the entire point of signing a guy like Okung is to give you flexibility in the draft, not necessarily to be a stop gap for a 1st round LT.
Drafting a LT isn't good enough if they don't for sure get a day 1 starter, so should they just not draft one at all and leave a gaping fucking hole there?
You would have thought success would have opened some eyes but instead the tunnel vision here is worse than it's ever been it seems. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
What do you guys WANT them to do?
Drafting a LT isn't good enough if they don't for sure get a day 1 starter, so should they just not draft one at all and leave a gaping fucking hole there?
You would have thought success would have opened some eyes but instead the tunnel vision here is worse than it's ever been it seems.
Do whatever it takes to get a day 1 starter. Whether that means moving up in the draft or scouting well enough to know one will fall to them.
If the guy they draft isn't good enough to be a day one starter, then he won't be good enough to take over when okung gets injured week 5 especially since he won't have had starter reps all off season. [Reply]
You’re welcome to show me anybody saying that we should take the best available LT in the 1st regardless of our board AND sign Okung, but everybody advocating for Okung that I’ve seen is doing so to give us flexibility. [Reply]
Originally Posted by -King-: Do whatever it takes to get a day 1 starter. Whether that means moving up in the draft or scouting well enough to know one will fall to them.
If the guy they draft isn't good enough to be a day one starter, then he won't be good enough to take over when okung gets injured week 5 especially since he won't have had starter reps all off season.
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
What do you guys WANT them to do?
Drafting a LT isn't good enough if they don't for sure get a day 1 starter, so should they just not draft one at all and leave a gaping fucking hole there?
You would have thought success would have opened some eyes but instead the tunnel vision here is worse than it's ever been it seems.
Either trade up to get a day 1 starter, or trade that 1st + for a proven commodity.
If they think they can get a day 1 starter sitting right where they are, that's fine too. I trust their scouts to know better than anyone in the media.
I don't know what the answer will be or when it will come. But i know Niang or Remmers at LT isn't going to be the answer.
Hell, this trade that i'm anticipating might not even come till after the draft. [Reply]
