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Nzoner's Game Room>Report: Orlando Brown requests trade from Ravens, wants to play LT
Sofa King 01:40 PM 02-10-2021
Moving on from Fisher? Probably not.

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.)



https://www.nfl.com/news/orlando-bro...nts-to-play-lt


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.
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Pasta Little Brioni 01:41 PM 02-10-2021
How exactly will they do this. Cap wise and pick wise??
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Hammock Parties 01:42 PM 02-10-2021
Ravens fans will be big mad if we steal from Lamar to give to Mahomes :-)
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mkp785 01:44 PM 02-10-2021
I'm guessing that a team like Jacksonville would jump at the chance to add a LT like Brown to protect TL. They have the draft capital and money available to make it happen easier then anyone else in the league. We're lacking in both those departments.
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smithandrew051 01:45 PM 02-10-2021
We trade for this piece of shit yet?
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TNTEICHER 01:47 PM 02-10-2021
The reason he wants to be on the left is big $$$$$$. Pass
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New World Order 01:50 PM 02-10-2021
Originally Posted by smithandrew051:
We trade for this piece of shit yet?
Time to fire this thread up
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In58men 01:50 PM 02-10-2021
Heard he was spotted at KCI
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Hammock Parties 01:51 PM 02-10-2021
Chiefs are about to clear big money with Fisher and Schwartz coming off the books.

$18 million.

We can afford Brown.
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Sassy Squatch 01:54 PM 02-10-2021
Ravens wouldn't trade him to us regardless even if we did have the capital to make a competitive trade offer
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Sofa King 01:54 PM 02-10-2021
Do we lose the Superbowl with Brown at LT?
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Sofa King 01:55 PM 02-10-2021
Originally Posted by Superturtle:
Ravens wouldn't trade him to us regardless even if we did have the capital to make a competitive trade offer
Why not? The Dolphins and Texans made a trade. Why wouldn't the Ravens do the same?
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smithandrew051 01:55 PM 02-10-2021
Originally Posted by New World Order:
Time to fire this thread up
How many posts is this going to take?
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Sassy Squatch 01:56 PM 02-10-2021
Originally Posted by Sofa King:
Do we lose the Superbowl with Brown at LT?
Probably. Skill position players had their heads up their fucking asses.
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TEX 01:57 PM 02-10-2021
Originally Posted by Sofa King:
Why not? The Dolphins and Texans made a trade. Why wouldn't the Ravens do the same?
Because we own them and they're not going to help us get better.
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