|
02-10-2021, 01:40 PM | |
Hello
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: South Dakota
Casino cash: $702096
VARSITY
|
Report: Orlando Brown requests trade from Ravens, wants to play LT
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. |
Posts: 23,235
|
04-20-2021, 01:19 PM | #766 | |
pie is never free
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: the drivers seat
Casino cash: $3347775
|
Quote:
Seems like a poor fit here at first glance I'm not real big on trading up either, assuming Jenkins is there for us at 31... I know you're not big on him, but he fits our scheme best I can tell and will presumably make it to us without trading up |
|
Posts: 92,104
|
04-20-2021, 01:22 PM | #767 |
Needs more middle fingers
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: San Diego
Casino cash: $4004563
|
Damn, i never put it together that Orlando Brown's dad was THE Orlando Brown that got hit in the eye with a flag.
__________________
Life is like a dick. Sometimes it gets hard for no reason, but it can't stay hard forever. |
Posts: 64,595
|
04-20-2021, 01:27 PM | #768 | |
▓▓▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓▓
Join Date: Jan 2009
Casino cash: $2105743
|
Quote:
Crazy. I know. |
|
Posts: 63,918
|
04-20-2021, 01:27 PM | #769 |
11-5, baby
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Livin the dream
Casino cash: $2191557
|
|
Posts: 22,416
|
04-20-2021, 01:34 PM | #770 |
Out Gunning CP's Fandom Police
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Laguna Beach, CA
Casino cash: $1983127
|
Zeus. Watched that game. That was a BIG man chasing that Ref around after he got hit in the eye with that flag.
__________________
"The CHIEFS, HAVE THEIR DYNASTY!" |
Posts: 34,775
|
04-20-2021, 01:34 PM | #771 | |
▓▓▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓▓
Join Date: Jan 2009
Casino cash: $2105743
|
Quote:
|
|
Posts: 63,918
|
04-20-2021, 01:35 PM | #772 |
Needs more middle fingers
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: San Diego
Casino cash: $4004563
|
If you take lesser compensation because you're scared then you're your own biggest road block.
__________________
Life is like a dick. Sometimes it gets hard for no reason, but it can't stay hard forever. |
Posts: 64,595
|
2 0 |
04-20-2021, 01:36 PM | #773 | |
Needs more middle fingers
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: San Diego
Casino cash: $4004563
|
Quote:
__________________
Life is like a dick. Sometimes it gets hard for no reason, but it can't stay hard forever. |
|
Posts: 64,595
|
04-20-2021, 01:39 PM | #774 | |
▓▓▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓▓
Join Date: Jan 2009
Casino cash: $2105743
|
Quote:
Now if the chiefs were to really offer much more than the next team, of course you take that. |
|
Posts: 63,918
|
04-20-2021, 01:42 PM | #775 |
▓▓▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓▓
Join Date: Jan 2009
Casino cash: $2105743
|
|
Posts: 63,918
|
04-20-2021, 01:47 PM | #776 |
Banned
Join Date: Jan 2013
Casino cash: $9998560
|
|
Posts: 53,803
|
04-20-2021, 01:48 PM | #777 |
Needs more middle fingers
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: San Diego
Casino cash: $4004563
|
Being smart means you take the best compensation available.
If you lose out on a key prospect that went a few picks higher, or have to trade to get to a spot where they woulda been with the Chiefs picks, or lose out on a prospect all together because the Chiefs offered an additional pick, that doesn't sound very ****ing smart to me. You're arguing that the Ravens should take less compensation because it might make the Chiefs better, rather than focusing on making themselves the best they can be. Loser mentality. I doubt the Ravens think that way. I'm not saying they won't consider the partner. Of course they will. But i highly doubt it's a significant determining factor.
__________________
Life is like a dick. Sometimes it gets hard for no reason, but it can't stay hard forever. |
Posts: 64,595
|
04-20-2021, 01:53 PM | #778 |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Jul 2009
Casino cash: $2424064
|
They aren't trading him to KC. Allowing your biggest competition to fill their biggest hole woudln't be smart.
|
Posts: 81,506
|
04-20-2021, 01:54 PM | #779 | |
Needs more middle fingers
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: San Diego
Casino cash: $4004563
|
Quote:
Now you can take their 1st round picks while they do it or not.
__________________
Life is like a dick. Sometimes it gets hard for no reason, but it can't stay hard forever. |
|
Posts: 64,595
|
04-20-2021, 01:56 PM | #780 |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Jul 2009
Casino cash: $2424064
|
|
Posts: 81,506
|
|
|