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 Marcellus:
It’s an interesting situation because they obviously learned OL is a priority after the 2020 season so available options may be enough to get OBJ paid.
You don’t let him walk unless you have a plan and they offered big money to Williams and decent money to OBJ so they are willing to pay to an extent.
Well you should have a plan B regardless. If he wants to be the highest paid LT with long term guarantees and his play is inconsistent and/or the team has doubts about committing long term, yeah you need a plan besides meet whatever Brown demands.
I mean, I'm not convinced that signing Brown is categorically wrong, but this idea that we have to know who the exact person who is going to replace him at this time or else, seems strange to me.
As does the notion that his replacement has to better as opposed to just being cheaper. Or a cheaper stopgap even if that isn't ideal. [Reply]
I’ve said since day 1 that I could see him adjusting to playing at a lighter weight and as he’s adjusted and refined his technique, he’s continued to me more and more effective. He keeps improving and played at an elite level against LAC.
Here are his week to week grades through the season.
This guy is going to reset the LT market, for sure. He’s earning it.
Originally Posted by dlphg9:
He's been good all year. You all are just stupid as fuck.
He was pretty close to terrible the first month.
He lost a ton of weight in the offseason and looked like he was learning to play in a totally new body and guys were going right past him, routinely.
Right now, though. The guy that’s playing LT for us the last 3 weeks or so has been pro bowl caliber. The guy that played last week was all pro caliber.
I’m excited to see how lethal he’s going to become if he keeps improving. [Reply]
I know I'm talking about Brett Veach here, and the cap magic Veach has performed over the years has been nothing short of innovative.
That being said, they're on the verge of extending Chris Jones this offseason. Aaron Donald rakes in $31m/year, and it would shock me if they locked down Chris Jones for less than $28m/year. Honestly Jones may ask to reset the market.
If that's the case, I don't know how you reset the market with Orlando Brown. He either has to come down, or you risk him sitting out when you tag him again.
Tagging him would be the best scenario, if he agrees to play: it would be the cheapest option, and (a.) you could draft a stud tackle in the 1st this year and Eric Fisher him, by letting the established vet man LT for a year while the RT gets acclimated, or (b.) you could extend Brown in the 2024 offseason, allowing you to stagger some of those massive cap hits between him and Jones.
The odds that you sign both of those guys this offseason, and have their big cap hits crash in simultaneously, doesn't seem tenable. [Reply]
Orlando was a wall in pass pro this week - very possibly the best single week of pass blocking I've seen from him.
He's a different player at the moment than he was in the first 4 weeks. He actually started to turn the corner a little against the Raiders and maybe stalled a bit against Buffalo, but from SF forward, he's really been outstanding in pass pro. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Re-watch complete.
Orlando was a wall in pass pro this week - very possibly the best single week of pass blocking I've seen from him.
He's a different player at the moment than he was in the first 4 weeks. He actually started to turn the corner a little against the Raiders and maybe stalled a bit against Buffalo, but from SF forward, he's really been outstanding in pass pro.
Puts KC in a tough spot.
He's going to say that week 5+ is the player he actually is, that the first 4 weeks were him rounding into form after missing most of the offseason stuff and playing at a new weight.
He's going to ask for the deal he wanted. And probably be unwilling to play on the tag for a second time.
For the Chiefs, a top 10 LT who has been incredibly durable as a pro is good enough to sign to one of those huge deals, that technically gives him the highest AAV (until the next guy in that range signs a new deal). But they have to also look to the long-term future of Chris Jones while they're at it, while also retaining L'Jarius Sneed long-term.
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Re-watch complete.
Orlando was a wall in pass pro this week - very possibly the best single week of pass blocking I've seen from him.
He's a different player at the moment than he was in the first 4 weeks. He actually started to turn the corner a little against the Raiders and maybe stalled a bit against Buffalo, but from SF forward, he's really been outstanding in pass pro.
That’s big as we will need him down the stretch. From your observations of him since he turned the corner, is he worth a market reset contract? [Reply]