years ago, we thought he would be in Kansas City, well, into
the future and ended up being two years. It didn't franchise
tag him at, what would have been 19.99 million?
He becomes a free agent. I think he wanted more
than he got, but he ultimately settled for a four-year, 16
million per year deal with the Bengals Peter. Why do you think
Brown ended up getting such a low number relative to the top
left tackles, and top right? Tackles
Currently being paid in the NFL.
This is to me the most surprising things so far in
free agency. Mike. I
think that, you know, when I was at when I was at
the scouting combine and I was talking to people about
who who's really going to get paid this year
who's going to make the most money this year?
I had three different. People tell me that, you know,
on the offensive side of the football, not on the offensive
line and you really can't include Quarterbacks in this,
you know? So in other words, non quarterbacks
because, look, I thought Jimmy G was going to do a little
better than, than twenty two or Twenty 25. But but be that, as
it may
Walden on quarterbacks on offense.
And think everybody thought
at least, three people who I talked to thought
that the highest-paid guy was going to be
Orlando Brown.
And I think it's a surprise, there's no question about it.
If you look at At it, Mike? What I find really interesting
is that, you know, when I look this up at over the cat before
the show,
you're right over the cap and
and Spa track. Do
do a really good job of
basically putting things in perspective.
And if you look at
all of the right, all of the left tackles in football,
the guy who signed the most recent contract
Orlando, Brown is the 10th. Highest-paid left tackle
and that is shocking. When you consider it because a lot of
these contracts are fairly old, you know, the Trent Williams
contract laremy, tunsil contract,
you know, Ronnie Stanley contract. Those are old contracts
and relatively speaking. And so
to be that the tenth best contract at left tackle.
I just think it's really surprising. Rising. You asked
why
I think the reason why is that I think people looked at
Orlando Brown as a good to very good left tackle.
They didn't look at him as a top three or four left tackle.
And I think that's the reason why he ended up going lower.
And again, my
this contract says, a lot of things to me. Number one,
I think it's a great deal for the Cincinnati Bengals.
As now, you now have three guys on your roster capable of
starting it tackle in the NFL and now you're incumbent left,
tackle
Jonah Williams. You would think would go to the right side now,
you'd think, but we'll see.
And if I'm Joe burrow,
I'm thinking, look, this is what I really needed.
Even If eventually
I'm going to lose one of my two great wide receivers
we We need to be better on the offensive line
and so if I'm Joe burrow,
I really like this signing, I like it a lot. And I think
the Bengals did a smart thing in not rushing into this contract
in the first day of free agency, but waiting
until basically day three or four,
whenever it got done.
And to me, it's a good outcome for the team.
A good outcome for the quarterback
and Orlando Brown. He has to be thinking.
I probably thought I was going to do better.
I'd love to know more about the details
of what was offered by the Chiefs last year. What was
offered by the Ravens before they traded him to the Chiefs?
He had a change in representation and now I think
it's somebody like a family member or somebody connected to
him in some way other than
the firm he had before
and look for 16 million a year. Peter, if I'm Orlando Brown,
I'm saying I'm doing a one-year deal. I'm trying this again
next year
after a year with the Bangles.
What makes it an even better deal for the Bengals is they
got a four-year contract. From Orlando Brown jr. At
a reasonable rate, as they try to build out a roster that has
reasonably priced payara, players
around Joe burrow, the guy who's eventually going to get
a gigantic contract and be the center of the universe for
the Bengals for years to come.