As we kick around the idea of "stop-gap" LT's, I think it's important to review Breer's info on the reason behind our decision not to tag OBJ - "...desire to lock in a long-term LT this offseason."


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chiefs&#39; decision to not tag Orlando Brown came down to, I&#39;m told, their desire to lock in a long-term LT this offseason. Tagging Brown doesn&#39;t do it. It&#39;d basically guarantee he&#39;s free in &#39;24, make it harder to do a deal (bc of the $20M number) now.<br><br>They&#39;ll look at all options.</p>&mdash; Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlbertBreer/status/1632831426356805634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 6, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Long term LT isn't Taylor Lewan.

That's either draft or trade for.

Long term solution is drafting one obviously, but you can get there by signing a guy for 1-2 years and drafting a guy and then sliding that guy over.

It is a short and long term fix at the position if you sign Lewan and draft Jones, Jones can handle RT for a year or 2 then move over.

Did you not hear that clip? James Palmer is a good source and he said there is a ZERO % chance they work on a deal now.

Veach has a number and Orlando is well beyond it. The Chiefs were pissed off at his outrageous demands last year (rumored to be full guarantees beyond signing and $25 million AAV) and they met with him again this week and he still wants that.

Yeah. I’m thinking Brett Veach told his agent to **** off

Exactly. It's not a contradiction at all.

In fact, it's probably the mostly likely way to get that long term solution while not sacrificing the short term.

There are no long term solutions in free agency, and there might not be any options through trade either. The only guaranteed way to find a long term solution given what we know right now is the draft.

You're beyond help.

Very good point. Mahomes is not Joe Burrow or Tom Brady - guys who just eat sacks. If you put Joe Burrow in this offense with this line you would have seen 2-3x more sacks. Mahomes is that good at avoiding them when he get pressured.

But I did think Brown did a much better job towards the end of the year. He's literally just asking 50% too much, which is a huge gap in what he deserves and what this team should pay.

Read as “we’re not over paying for one either”.

This "play RT play LT" isn't as easy as you're making it out to be.

If you're gonna draft a guy to play LT, play him at LT.

They were willing to blow Williams out and kept hitting the bid button.

They'll pay a guy if they think he's worth it.

Or keep OBJ.

They're not keeping OBJ. That ship has sailed.

Sure seems like it has, yes. But nothing is done, at least not yet.

The reason they didn't tag Brown is because they want a long-term solution and they don't want to start negotiations again after his salary just went up 20%.

Nothing else is fact. Probable, sure. But not done, not yet.

Yea, I'm just not going to write off the possibility that they re-sign OBJ because of the lack of options alone.