You would think that but not really. Veach can easily go into the start of FA with enough money to do both.

IF they can't use the tag to get a deal done. There's plenty of precedent, even on the Chiefs, of using the tag and getting a deal done after the draft.

And knowing EXACTLY how much of the cap Brown is using up.

Yep, and he'll be able to adjust from that number depending on what they want to do.

We gave up the equivalance of a 2 for him. If we just flat out lose him in FA, we'll get a 3 as comp. Not great but I don't think we're necessarily forced into making a move if we don't want to.

I still don't see him as a great LT. He's still much more an RT in my mind. He's good and I wouldn't be upset if we re-signed him. I do agree that he's not worth what he wants.

It's going to be more difficult for Orlando to get what he wants due to the raw fact that Chiefs didn't make the SB

I'm not sure why anyone even replies to that dumb shit Red Dawg. He's reeruned and just wants to bitch. He's be ER gonna change his mind. It'd be nice if people stopped quoting and responding to.him.

Players get paid what they want when they are shit teams all the time. This is just another stupid post by a stupid poster.

Is he worth $16.5M? That's the projected tag number for 2022: https://www.spotrac.com/spots/projec...g-values-1349/

Yep, he's worth that. Especially if they can use the extra 4 months or so to hammer out a long-term deal, which will come at a much higher total cost but less cap hit in the beginning.

He's likely to get $20M+ as a free agent. His current projected market value is about $22M per.

I dont know what everyone see in him. I saw him constantly getting beat by speed rushers, and in my opinion isn't even close to as good overall as Fish. But I also don't focus on the LT when I watch as much as some of you do so my opinion could be flawed and I'd love to have my mind changed about him.

Worst case, the tag buys you another year to see if you REALLY want to sign him. If he costs more next year, it's because he's worth it. Not a fan of just giving out a mega contract until we know that he's truly the long-term solution. I'd like to see if he improves in pass blocking with another off-season in our program.

I would consider putting the tag on him that will allow him to negotiate with other teams. When we picked up both Brown and Thuney, our offensive line was in shambles.

Since then, we have hit two home runs on the offensive line in Humphrey and Smith.

The game at Cincinnati with Thuney at LT and Allegretti at LG was not awful. Remmers and Niang were decent at RT this year.

The offensive line could still be pretty decent without Brown.

If by some chance a mid 1st round pick... maybe from some team like the Eagles or Giants (teams with multiple 1st round picks)... might make its way back to the Chiefs in exchange for signing Brown, it maybe would afford us with a luxury to add a real difference maker on either side of the ball that we otherwise would have no shot at.

Niang was not decent at RT. He was awful. It's okay to say it because it's true.

He had problems from time to time, but he's also far better than the current alternatives. It's just very hard to get an elite LT when you constantly draft 28-32.