Every indication is that the Chiefs don't feel this way at all. OBJ will, in all likelihood, be back.

I just don't think the team agrees that he's not worth it. They genuinely seem to want to keep him.

I'm sure they want to keep him. I want to keep him. I don't want to do it at the cost of Snead/Jones/Creed/Smith....he's not worth all of that. I guess we'll see if Veach agrees with me, as I don't think OBJ is playing on the tag OR coming down off his desired price tag.

I think a lot of you guys are sticking your heads in the sand and just flat refusing to look at reality.

Brown is not going to come off of his demands.

Then the Chiefs are about to make him one of the highest paid LT's in the game, if not the highest.

He's not going anywhere.

No ****in' way.

If Veach wouldn't pay Hill, who actually IS elite that kind of money, he's not going to do it for Brown.

He might tag him and play him and draft his replacement; he might tag him and trade him, Brown might somehow come to his senses and sign a reasonable deal-but I think those options are in order of likelihood.

Agree 100%

I don't see a world where OBJ is making 150 or whatever with a massive chunk guaranteed here. Tyreek was and is a MUCH better player than Orlando and he got sent packing. Adding into the situation Jones, Snead, Creed and Smith all needing extensions and all of them also being much better players.

Doesn't seem like it fits Veach. I guess we'll see.

Depends what the compensation would be

This was exactly my thoughts, if I was going to do a mock for the forum this year (most years I manage one) I would be doing it on the basis of a Brown Tag and Trade... I just don't know what a realistic return is?

I agree this is probably the most likely outcome, even if it isn't what I would do.

It's a fascinating situation, the Chiefs clearly love Brown and Clark, but surely one or both has to go. I have no clue what will happen, there isn't even enough cap space to tag Brown currently.

I agree completely!

I think there is going to be a lot of changes on our team heading into the draft. I also feel something will happen during free agency as well as after the June 1st cuts. I think Veach has a plan and it will "reshape" our team going into the 2023 season. Change is good and it is headed our way.

The difference is you have a generational Coach/QB with a HOF tight end in which you can still make the offense work. Can you do that without a solid LT? I'd argue Brown is a top 10 LT. Sure you can draft one but that's always a crapshoot. What free agent are you going to find who can produce at a high level? I think HTIS is right with this one. Alot of people might not like it but it's too important of a position to gamble on.

You're probably going to be disappointed then.

They're not letting their starting LT walk after winning a Super Bowl.

Hill is a better WR than Brown is a LT. We all agree.

But that's just not the way this should be viewed in my opinion. It's so much easier to find WR's, as they showed this year.

We saw in 2020 what can happen when the LT spot falls apart.

Exactly.

In this case, a bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush.