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]
:-) of course there's retards beating off about the decent game against a team that lost it's best pass rusher to injury and traded away the second best. [Reply]
It appears that Chief Fans want the Chiefs to draft a plus LT, Edge, RT, and WR next year, giving up "whatever it takes" for the first two. Is that the idea? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla:
It appears that Chief Fans want the Chiefs to draft a plus LT, Edge, RT, and WR next year, giving up "whatever it takes" for the first two. Is that the idea?
In Veach We Trust.
Just don't go all-in and mortgage the future... [Reply]
Originally Posted by BossChief:
You know what I’d like to see A LOT more of?
Mahomes checking to a run when we have a light box.
-not making excuses for the OTs, but…-
When Pat sees a 3 man DL with 5 in the box, he needs to be able to see that and change the play to a run and attack that defense to force them to play us honest. This shit with them rushing 3 and dropping 8 is hard on the OL because there are no options for Pat to go to right away with the ball and these OTs suck.
Check to a run and attack the edge guys with power…ESPECIALLY when they are lined up wide to attack the edge.
We usually have the back in there helpin g block the 3 man rush cuz our tackles can’t seem to handle it. Can’t block 3 with 6 cuz our tackles at garbage. Pathetic! [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla:
It appears that Chief Fans want the Chiefs to draft a plus LT, Edge, RT, and WR next year, giving up "whatever it takes" for the first two. Is that the idea?
I would be ecstatic to move up for a (worthy) DE. Might be willing to move up to 8, 9 or 10 for the right player (but he better be the right player).
LT? Not so much. If we can upgrade from Brown for a reasonable cost we should definitely do it. But I would be just fine with a lateral move to a similar caliber player if that player was tens of millions per year cheaper than Orlando. Definitely don't want to pay Orlando top of the market money for below market ability. [Reply]
Originally Posted by el borracho:
I would be ecstatic to move up for a (worthy) DE. Might be willing to move up to 8, 9 or 10 for the right player (but he better be the right player).
LT? Not so much. If we can upgrade from Brown for a reasonable cost we should definitely do it. But I would be just fine with a lateral move to a similar caliber player if that player was tens of millions per year cheaper than Orlando. Definitely don't want to pay Orlando top of the market money for below market ability.
Originally Posted by Coochie liquor:
So you want to go cheap at LT?? What??:-)
No, I would love to have a plus player at LT. But the Chiefs have one of the best offenses in the league with a below average LT so I am saying I would not freak out if the Chiefs found a LT of similar caliber somewhere for much less money and focused on DE in the draft.
All I am saying is that I would spend more draft capital on DE than LT at this point. [Reply]
What would even be a fair contract for OBJ at this point?
$20m/year is probably too rich, honestly. I find it extremely hard to believe, at this point, that the Chiefs don't go up and get the tackle in the draft they like, tag Brown, and so long as the rookie develops fine at RT, Brown can be moved at season's end. [Reply]
Why is this still being debated? He isn't very good at all. He was a mistake by Veach and Veach will not pay him. He took a shot and was wrong and next season we will find a better one. The two biggest problems with our team is the pass rush isn't very good most of the time and the tackles suck. They outright both suck and will, be replaced next season. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Red Dawg:
Why is this still being debated? He isn't very good at all. He was a mistake by Veach and Veach will not pay him. He took a shot and was wrong and next season we will find a better one. The two biggest problems with our team is the pass rush isn't very good most of the time and the tackles suck. They outright both suck and will, be replaced next season.
Because you can't just replace a left tackle.
You can lean on his shortcomings for another year, thanks to Reid schemes if need be, but mostly due to Pat's familiarity with Brown. That relationship between QB and LT is critical, and it's one of the reasons Pat is among the fewest sacked QBs this year -- he manipulates the pocket brilliantly because, in part, he knows his LT well.
There is no feasible LT solution in free agency. You can draft a guy, but you'll need to draft him early and probably move up for him.
And even if you draft the guy you want, there's no guarantee he's the guy you want until the real bullets start flying.
The Chiefs drafted Eric Fisher #1 overall -- he was the guy they wanted. But they still started him at RT for (most of) a season and kept a seasoned guy at LT. [Reply]
