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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Again - the math doesn't check out here.
We gave up a 1st and a 3rd, we got a 2nd and Brown. 2 'players' in, 2 players out.
The players in were Brown and Bolton. The players out is subject to some conjecture but let's give this argument the benefit of the doubt and say its two solid players:
Joe Tryon to address our need at DE and, I dunno, Elijah Molden to backfill for losing Breeland.
So the trade at that point becomes:
Brown, Bolton and about $6 million in cap space (because without Brown we need to bring back Fisher) for Tryon and Molden.
How's this a bad trade again? This version of fisher is WORSE than Brown. By a fair amount. And without Bolten this defense would be fuuuuuuucked even moreso than it already is. Additionally, that $6 million in cap space is almost exactly what it cost to sign Reed and trade for Ingram. Now Reed's disappointed thus far but the book isn't written yet there and at worst he's allowed some rotational depth.
The Chiefs could let Brown walk for a comp pick after this season and not have lost this deal. If they tag him and THEN let him walk for a comp pick, it's a clear win. If they sign him long-term to a reasonable deal and get an above average LT for 5 years, it's a friggen home run.
This deal has essentially zero chance to be a 'bad' trade. It's nothing like the Clark deal (and trust me, I have NO problem calling out Veach for a bad move).
I just cannot understand how people are still upset about this trade.
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I will never understand why people cannot remember deals. Funny starting your post talking about the math not adding up, but forgetting the Chiefs traded their 1st, 3rd and 4th 2021 picks and their 5th round pick in 2022 in exchange for the 2nd round pick of the Ravens in 2021, their 6th round pick in 2022 and Orlando Brown.
So sure, when you forget some of the picks we gave up, it was "two in, two out".
The various media outlets at the time basically said value wise, the Ravens 2nd for the Chiefs 3rd, 4th and 2022 pick swap was basically a wash, which is why people use the short hand of "1st round pick for OBJ".