So there's an article on NFL network saying that Orlando Brown is expected to sign for 6 years $145 mil.
That comes to $24.16 mil/yr and makes him the highest paid offensive lineman in football. It also would give him the 19th highest salary per year in the NFL
How would you feel if that is the contract he ended up signing?
I'm fine with it. He is a top 5 LT and he's only 26 next season. A young great LT is a guy you can't let leave. [Reply]
Originally Posted by TribalElder:
Not sure I would go that far. At the time of the trade we were up against it with no real options.
We got a decent year out of him and made hay with rhe picks we got back. But people predictably lost their minds over the trade. We'd fleeced the Ravens, he was a future perennial All Pro, it was much better than using the draft pick.Lots of odd responses for a guy excelling in run blocking in a very different offence
We didn't do too bad given how we used the picks we got back, but it looks like another trade whiff at this point [Reply]
Originally Posted by JPH83:
We got a decent year out of him and made hay with rhe picks we got back. But people predictably lost their minds over the trade. We'd fleeced the Ravens, he was a future perennial All Pro, it was much better than using the draft pick.Lots of odd responses for a guy excelling in run blocking in a very different offence
We didn't do too bad given how we used the picks we got back, but it looks like another trade whiff at this point
Considering that Ronnie Stanley has been slow to recover from the ankle injury he got in 2020, the game after signing his extension, it is nonsense to complain about the trade being a whiff for the Chiefs.
Orlando Brown made Pro Bowl in 2020 and 2021. Ronnie Stanley's 3rd game of even stepping on the field might be this weekend or next. [Reply]
Originally Posted by JPH83:
We got a decent year out of him and made hay with rhe picks we got back. But people predictably lost their minds over the trade. We'd fleeced the Ravens, he was a future perennial All Pro, it was much better than using the draft pick.Lots of odd responses for a guy excelling in run blocking in a very different offence
We didn't do too bad given how we used the picks we got back, but it looks like another trade whiff at this point
I wouldn't say it's a whiff, he's just not as good as we hoped. And we dodged the bullet of giving him a longer term contract than he has.
They took a gamble and didn't strike gold, but they also hedged bets appropriately. [Reply]
I can't think of another player where there is as big of a disconnect between what my eyes tell me and how the rest of the league and experts view the guy. [Reply]
Originally Posted by jettio:
Considering that Ronnie Stanley has been slow to recover from the ankle injury he got in 2020, the game after signing his extension, it is nonsense to complain about the trade being a whiff for the Chiefs.
Orlando Brown made Pro Bowl in 2020 and 2021. Ronnie Stanley's 3rd game of even stepping on the field might be this weekend or next.
Well there's two ways to evaluate the trade. One is how well we've done from it, and the other is how well the Ravens have done. But the first is probably more important to us. Probably "whiff" is too strong, we've done OK with the other picks and got one not-too-bad season from Brown. But as a long-term solution at LT, as many assumed, not so sure. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Razaele:
I wouldn't say it's a whiff, he's just not as good as we hoped. And we dodged the bullet of giving him a longer term contract than he has.
They took a gamble and didn't strike gold, but they also hedged bets appropriately.
Originally Posted by JPH83:
Well there's two ways to evaluate the trade. One is how well we've done from it, and the other is how well the Ravens have done. But the first is probably more important to us. Probably "whiff" is too strong, we've done OK with the other picks and got one not-too-bad season from Brown. But as a long-term solution at LT, as many assumed, not so sure.
Exactly.
Last year it was about the situation, the draft picks, and the franchise tag. All of that was pretty much worth it for what we got last year.
This year it's about justifying his asking price. Not worth it. At all. [Reply]
Ok watched the 2nd half and I'm just not seeing him get beat. He has like 3-4 subpar plays and 2 bad reps, but he's blocking his guy pretty damn well. Most of the pressure is coming from guys that he is not responsible for. [Reply]