Quote:
Originally Posted by jjchieffan
I don't get it. If the reports are true that he turned down 6/$123M last year, then how does he sign so quickly for $16M/ year in free agency? Surely the reports last year were wrong and the Chiefs never offered close to that, right? And if OBJ could only get $16M per year, I feel like Veach has to have overpaid for Taylor at $20M per year. He's always played right tackle. I don't see what he's done to be paid elite LT money. Elite RT money, sure. But that's more what OBJ got that what he got.
|
It's tough to say anything for certain from where we're sitting, but here is a list of things we either know or have been reported:
1. Brown Jr had one of the worst combine performances. There were questions about whether he'd be athletic enough to handle speed rushers a T is likely to face on the left side.
2. The Ravens had him at RT due to this
3. He comes to KC and we give him the opportunity to play LT
4. He struggled frequently
5. It was reported that we offered him the 6 year $139m deal that was really something like 5 years $95m without the fluff (or whatever; I can't remember the exact figures).
6. He instead played on the tag for $16m in 2022
7. It was reported that we would not tag Brown Jr in 2023
8. It's reported that Brown Jr does not have the market he anticipated because league execs view him as a RT, not a LT
9. He signs for $16m per year to play LT for the Bengals
9. He Tweets that it was very important to him to continue playing LT
I may have missed some stuff but based on everything I've seen, I think it was probably accurate that we offered him that larger deal. He turned it down assuming he'd be able to exceed those numbers on the open market then quickly realized that he would not be able to do so. He took the deal early on in Free Agency before teams could overspend for other FAs and/or draft Ts and gain more leverage in contract talks.
The Tweet is really the icing on the cake for me. He would not have Tweeted that for no reason. Someone (possibly multiple someones) was telling him they wanted to stick him at RT.
That's my read on it anyway.