Kansas City is trading its first-round pick Thursday night, along with three other picks in the 2021 and 2022 drafts, to the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for Pro Bowl OT Orlando Brown and one pick in the 2021 draft and another in 2022, per sources.
Ok, the Ravens were "forced" to trade Brown. And? It doesn't mean they didn't get creamed on the value of the trade. Why should we care what Baltimore felt it had to do?
Look, if you believe the equivalent of the 45th pick for a 24-year old pro bowl left tackle isn't objectively one-side, we don't have much to discuss. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
Indy and Pittsburgh both need tackles but Indy, like KC, is a potential playoff contender and the Steelers are in their division.
They really didn't have a lot of choices unless the Vikings were serious about him and it appears they weren't.
They apparently want to sign Fisher on the cheap cause of his injury. [Reply]
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
Man, I'm really glad Chris Ballard is such a risk-averse wimp.
Remember when people thought it was a big deal the Chiefs lost him to Indy? He's done well there but looks like he lacks the will to go for the big move.
He could have absolutely out-worked the Chiefs for Brown. Instead, he's going to keep his picks, try to draft "value," and rely on moving Braden Smith to LT.
Good luck!
Ballard is the dude who is going to go 11-5 every year. He only makes moves in his terms, he's the guy at the whore house with 10k that gets nothing but his dick in his hand. [Reply]
A young pro bowler for relative peanuts, but it also maybe signals a slight philosophical switch for us with Reid getting back to bigger, nastier guys instead of all these light in the bucket types he's favored during his tenure here
The draft is now truly wide open... edge, receiver, corner, whatever the hell he wants [Reply]
Originally Posted by Wallymo:
Ok, the Ravens were "forced" to trade Brown. And? It doesn't mean they didn't get creamed on the value of the trade. Why should we care what Baltimore felt it had to do?
Look, if you believe the equivalent of the 45th pick for a 24-year old pro bowl left tackle isn't objectively one-side, we don't have much to discuss.
Apparently you've missed much of the conversation that's occurred the past 2 or 3 days prior to the trade.
I don't think Dane is saying the Chiefs didn't get a great deal here.
There were people here that said the Ravens would flat out refuse to deal with the Chiefs. Some of us always thought it was possible because the Ravens didn't have a whole lot of leverage other than keeping him, letting him tear up the locker room for a year, and then leave netting them nothing. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Easy 6:
The more I think about this, the more I love it
A young pro bowler for relative peanuts, but it also maybe signals a slight philosophical switch for us with Reid getting back to bigger, nastier guys instead of all these light in the bucket types he's favored during his tenure here
The draft is now truly wide open... edge, receiver, corner, whatever the hell he wants
I've been trying for a couple of weeks to tell people that this was a legitimately good option for the Chiefs, even if it wasn't my first choice.
This is a great trade. What a time to be a fan! [Reply]
