The Ravens have agreed to trade Orlando Brown to the Chiefs (Twitter link via Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo of NFL.com). As a part of the deal, the Ravens will receive the Chiefs’ No. 31 overall choice in next week’s draft while sending their No. 58 pick to KC along with Brown. 
Chiefs Receive:
- OT Orlando Brown
- 2021 second-round pick (No. 58 overall)
- 2022 sixth-round pick
Ravens Receive:
- 2021 first-round pick (No. 31 overall)
- 2021 third-round pick (No. 94 overall)
- 2021 fourth-round pick (No. 136 overall)
- 2022 fifth-round pick
Brown, a 2018 third-round choice, moved from right tackle to left tackle last year to fill in for Ronnie Stanley. After turning in a strong year at LT, Brown told the Ravens that he didn’t want to go back to the other side. The Ravens have kept mum on the situation, but they’ve been listening on offers for the last few months.
The difference between left tackle and right tackle can amount to tens of millions of dollars over the long run. However, the Oklahoma product says his preference stemmed from his late father’s wishes.
“He always told me, ‘Don’t settle for playing right tackle. Make sure that when it comes time and you get to every level, you’re playing left,” the younger Brown said recently.
It’s not immediately clear whether the Oklahoma product will receive a new contract from the Chiefs straight away. For now, he has one more year to go on his rookie deal. After that, the Chiefs will have the option of using the franchise tag to cuff him for 2022.
The Ravens are now armed with two first round picks — their original No. 27 plus the No. 31 pick. That should give them ample ammo to trade for a new tackle, though they may circle back to Alejandro Villanueva instead, allowing them to address other needs late in the first round. Ultimately, the Ravens were facing two major issues with Brown. 1. They couldn’t unseat Stanley to put him on the left side and 2. A top-of-the market deal for him would have created a serious numbers crunch down the road, especially with Lamar Jackson‘s upcoming payday.
Meanwhile, the Chiefs have scored a top-flight young blocker — one that’s far better than any of this year’s Tier 2 options. Brown will help to fill the void left by the departures of starting tackles Mitchell Schwartz and Eric Fisher, who were released for financial and health reasons. Now, the Chiefs project to have Brown, Joe Thuney, Kyle Long, Austin Blythe, and the returning Laurent Duvernay-Tardif up front.
Pro Football Focus has viewed Brown as a top-25 tackle in each of the past two seasons, so he’ll be seeking a contract to match. Stanley, Trent Williams, David Bakhtiari and Laremy Tunsil have all elevated the left tackle market, which means that Brown could aim for something just shy of $22MM annually. At minimum, Brown’s camp will likely open talks by asking for $18MM per annum — that’s how much leading right tackle Lane Johnson makes per year.
Ravens trade all these picks and Lamar for the #1 pick
that would be a great move
If the Jags don’t draft Lawrence, it’s the end of the franchise. Truthfully. Not one will show up (remember the tarp days?).
Seems the Ravens gave a lot to “unload” a 2022 free agent. Kind of like the Caps trade with Vrana.
Ravens did pretty well for an impending free agent.
They traded up from their 2nd round pick for a 1st rounder (5th year option is a huge).
Traded 1 year of brown and a 6th for 3rd, 4th, and future 5th.
Considering brown is a former 3rd round pick Ravens could very well draft his successor in a deep oline draft.
Big win for the Ravens for an impending free agent.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the Ravens use some of the newly acquired draft capital to move up a bit in the first round to grab a WR they like, especially if the expected run on QB’s causes the top wide outs to slide a bit. Alternatively they could use all their picks since they need a wide out, a long term pass rushing solution, some depth on the D line and secondary and now some O-line help all while factoring in that Lamar needs to get paid soon.
No, it’s a very good deal for the Ravens. They end up with a first round pick (the other picks more or less balance) which means three more years of rookie salary for an equivalent or better talent. The Chiefs must be feeling their window is closing and they’d better get another one right now. There is no way the Chiefs will be able to pay all this talent they are accumulating.
The Chiefs are in the middle of the pack for 2021 and 2022 on cap space.
That’s what everyone has been saying for 2 years and all they do is resign everyone and add a top FA every year. Mahomes is 25, window is far from closed.
Yeah but they can pretty much clear out another 30 to 40 Mill of the book in only a couple moves. Anyway most of the top teams are gonna be middle to end in cap space.
Washington missed the boat here .. KC got a 2nd rd back with Brown is amazing
I’d rather have one of this year’s first round linemen than a guy about to hit agency.
I’m shocked they had to trade with their biggest threat in the AFC…could they really not find a team in the NFC to trade Brown to?
Does it matter if that was the best offer?
When you help the best team in the afc at one of their weaknesses, it definelty matters.
I’m shocked as well. For that reason I didn’t think they’d trade him to the Chiefs.
Yeah not sure why Balt helps KC strengthen there weak line other then best offer they could get
Hasn’t Brown been quoted as saying he wants to be the top paid offensive lineman in football? I figured that was what was keeping other teams from pulling the trigger on this trade.
Pretty good haul for us but i just hope its worth it. I don’t think helping KC get even better was under way to go but if that was the best offer i guess you have to take it
Why would Baltimore make this trade to help KC?
Vikings missed the boat on this one.