Orlando Brown got his wish on Friday as the Ravens traded him to a team that will happily deploy him at left tackle. However, he won’t get the brand new contract he wanted — at least, not right away. There’s no immediate extension as a part of the deal, NFL.com’s Mike Garafolo (on Twitter) hears. 
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For now, Brown will play out the final year of his deal, which will pay him just under $3.4MM in 2021. After that, the Chiefs will have the ability to deploy the franchise tag, which would keep him from the open market at the top-five average for offensive tackles. Brown, ideally, would like to lock up his pay day sooner, but he’ll be in great shape if he reprises his 2020 performance. Filling in for Ronnie Stanley, Brown graded out as one of the 25 best tackles in the NFL last year, per Pro Football Focus’ advanced metrics.
Brown, who stands at an imposing 6’8″, will eventually shoot for something in the neighborhood of $18-22MM per year to join the likes of Ronnie Stanley, David Bakhtiari, and Laremy Tunsil. For now, he’ll have to stay patient, but he’s undoubtedly happier than he was just 24 hours ago.
Good job this will be brown’s first full season at LT gotta wait and see
No way he doesn’t get a new contract considering the price paid to get him
That 2nd round draft pick the Chiefs got softened the blow considerably. The price for Brown ended up being the 31st pick in the draft, almost straight up.
Chiefs I hope pick up a couple very cheap veterans after the draft but should be favourites again to make the super bowl
Perfect trade for KC. They were hamstrung by the cap situation, and managed to get a quality LT even with that. They’ll likely extend Brown next year, but need to keep him happy until then or risk losing the fruits of this trade. As for now, though, this was a brilliant move. Hats off to Brett Veach.