Ravens trade Orlando Brown Jr. to Chiefs, get 2021 first-rounder

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Orlando Brown Jr. will get his chance to play left tackle.

According to multiple reports, the Ravens are trading Brown to the Chiefs. Brown asked for a trade this offseason because he wants to play on the left side permanently after showing he could handle the job after Ronnie Stanley‘s ankle injury last year.

The Chiefs were in need of a left tackle after releasing Eric Fisher and will now likely work on a long-term deal with Brown as he is entering the final year of his contract.

Baltimore will get the Chiefs’ first-, third-, and fourth-round picks this year and a 2022 fifth-rounder while sending their 2021 second-round pick and a 2022 sixth-rounder to Kansas City. They now have the 27th and 31st picks of the draft and the Chiefs will pick 58th and 63rd next week.

The Ravens visited with former Steelers tackle Alejandro Villanueva this week and could sign him if they don’t fill the new hole on their line with one of those first-round picks.

87 responses to “Ravens trade Orlando Brown Jr. to Chiefs, get 2021 first-rounder

  1. KC is obviously in full blown desperation mode after that SB beating they took. Overpay.

  2. Vikings probably wanted him but I don’t think they were willing to give up the number 14 pick for him.

  3. If healthy, KC’s line is better than they’ve been since Patrick came in. Wow!

  4. supercharger says:
    April 23, 2021 at 3:11 pm

    KC is obviously in full blown desperation mode after that SB beating they took. Overpay.

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    More like a stacked KC team that need a OT just filled out its roster by swapping low slotted picks.

  5. This is probably the best team Brown could have been traded to for him. I’m always wondering how great the Ravens O Line is and how much of it is Lamar being so mobile and the team running blocking 75% of the time.

  6. Anyone who thinks this is an overpay doesn’t know anything. It’s basically a 2 and a 3 for a very important position.

  7. Basically they moved back 27 spots from 31 to 58, plus a third and a fourth and a late round swap next year. Seems like a decent trade for both sides.

  8. Great trade for both teams. Ravens get 2 pics and upgrade 2 other pics. Chiefs get their blindside covered, likely for years to come.

  9. Gotta make good use of those picks. Ravens haven’t been great in the draft as of late

  10. They still need a right tackle or teams will try to force Mahomes to go to his left side.

  11. Chiefs got worked on this one. They still have a horrible defense, and Brown doesn’t make their line any better for the players they lost on the line. Chefs will chef.

  12. Of ALL they teams they could’ve picked to send him to they just HAD to pick KC didn’t they? SMH Baltimore

  13. Wow. There was a lot of Chief fan on Chiefs fan disagreement how the Ravens would never trade us Brown. I am shocked.

  14. DeCosta played a blinder – The Chiefs got rinsed. I bet that wily old fox Ozzie, was still playing a part!

  15. Just saw that Ravens will now sign Villanueva for LT vacancy. Steelers didn’t re-sign him for a reason, but now Baltimore has extra picks to rejuvenate OL.

  16. Once again, why couldn’t the Bears pull this off? Oh yeah, Bears management hosed the Ravens in a few years ago by not being able to make a phone call on time. Brown is a more proven LT than anyone else at the #20 pick. Plus another 2nd rounder back? Geez, my team stinks again!

  17. Andy Reid knows offensive linemen. He signed Jon Runyan as a blue chip FA in Philly who was a mainstay at RT for years. Traded a low slotted 1st round pick to Buffalo for Jason Peters who arguably had a HOF career. I trust Reid’s judgment here. We saw during the SB just how important those offensive tackles are to a team’s success, or lack thereof.

  18. “touchback6 says:
    April 23, 2021 at 4:07 pm
    I don’t think the Chiefs understand how the salary cap works.”
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    Maybe it’s you that doesn’t understand how the salary cap works.

  19. touchback6 says:
    April 23, 2021 at 4:07 pm
    I don’t think the Chiefs understand how the salary cap works.

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    I see a trend here. Chiefs keep rolling along and you don’t know how they do it. Pretty sure Veach understands the salary cap much better than you, yet you holler “cap hell” consistently and erroneously.. is it in your water? Better check it.

  20. Veach approaches the draft with a complete roster. Tough roster to break into, but any further help from draftees is a cherry on the top. Solid.

  21. Now they just need to help that sorry defense that couldn’t stop the pass in the first half of the SB and couldn’t stop the run in the second half.

    Just another one year dynasty

  22. When Texans’ Bill O’Brien traded for left tackle Laremy Tunsil (who has become a two-time Pro Bowler), you guys roasted him for not getting a long-term extension done before the trade and mocked him for being a bad GM.

    So what exactly is the difference here?

  23. touchback6 says:
    April 23, 2021 at 4:07 pm
    I don’t think the Chiefs understand how the salary cap works.
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    Ok, so who actually knows how the salary cap works, an NFL GM or a keyboard GM?? Hmmmm…

  24. steelcurtainn says:
    April 23, 2021 at 4:12 pm
    Ravens got hosed.

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    Hardly, no team wants a player in their locker room who wants to be elsewhere..
    Let’s see who is drafted with the picks received

  25. No flies on Brown. LTs in the NFL ave roughly twice as much money, and he’s up for a contract. The net value of the trade seems to be the Chiefs made the value or the 1rst rnd pk a little sweeter than #31. Fair dinkham. Except it’s a conference rival.

  26. legionofzoom says:
    April 23, 2021 at 5:27 pm
    touchback6 says:
    April 23, 2021 at 4:07 pm
    I don’t think the Chiefs understand how the salary cap works.
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    Ok, so who actually knows how the salary cap works, an NFL GM or a keyboard GM?? Hmmmm…

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    Jokes on you. touchback6 is actually Ray Farmer.

  27. I’ll break it down fur KC fan. You guys used a no.1 overall pick on a LT who has been slightly above average and who got injured and cost you a trophy. The Ravens took their LT in round 3, coached him into a star and fleeced you for a bunch of picks, including your first rounder. They’ll now use one of those picks to replace their 3rd round LT while other teams like KC wait around to trade a bunch of picks away for the next high priced FA to be Baltimore unloads on some sucker. Meanwhile you’ll be making this guy the highest paid LT in football next year.

  28. I’ll break it down fur KC fan. You guys used a no.1 overall pick on a LT who has been slightly above average and who got injured and cost you a trophy. The Ravens took their LT in round 3, coached him into a star and fleeced you for a bunch of picks, including your first rounder. They’ll now use one of those picks to replace their 3rd round LT while other teams like KC wait around to trade a bunch of picks away for the next high priced FA to be Baltimore unloads on some sucker. Meanwhile you’ll be making this guy the highest paid LT in football next year.
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    Yet the Chiefs will continue to stack AFC championships and possibly superbowls while the Chargers try to survive in a new city with a very small fan base. Herbert will probably be one of the best QBs to never do anything (see Phillip Rivers).

  29. Who wouldn’t want to give up significant draft value for a disgruntled guy they will have to pay huge money after a year to keep? A desperate and stupid team is the answer.

  30. Brown holds all the cards next year in salary negotiations. KC will have no choice but to pay this guy big bucks or else they will have to franchise him. If they don’t they trade all these assets for a one year rental.

  31. KC picks up a LT on a rookie deal. They moved back from 31 to 56. Traded a 3rd and a 4th, for a starting Left Tackle. And you say they got fleeced? Some of y’all got wool over your eyes this is a good move.

  32. So… is Orlando Brown Jr the best LT in the sport?

    If not, I don’t see how the picks are worth it.

    Baltimore gets: 2021 first-round pick, third-round pick, fourth-round pick and a 2022 fifth-round pick

    KC gets: 2021 second-round pick and a 2022 sixth-round pick.

  33. Think I’ve figured this site out. This move, in conjunction with the signing of Thuney, slams the door on the Patriots doing anything in the AFC. As if they could advance out of the AFC East. Thus, all the harping.

    Another AFC Championship game in K.C. Fourth in a row.

  34. This is a great Trade for the Chiefs due to the fact they aren’t going to find any tackle in the Draft who is already a proven commodity at pick 31. Orlando Brown Jr is already a 2 time PRO Bowl player and he is turning only 25 yrs next month.The bottom line in all this is that the Chiefs O-line got an UPGRADE and so its BETTER today than it was yesterday.

  35. Only part I don’t like is not signing him to an extension as part of the trade. We saw what happened in Houston where Tunsil completely reset the market for tackles under the same circumstances. You put yourself in a bind as an organization because you aren’t going to let the guy walk after one season when you gave up draft picks to acquire him.

  36. Chiefs better renovate Arrowhead again, because they’re gonna need a bigger trophy display area. Mahomes, Brown Jr. and squad are gonna rack up about 10 Lombardi’s before they’re finished.

  37. “brawlkc says:
    April 23, 2021 at 6:33 pm
    KC picks up a LT on a rookie deal. They moved back from 31 to 56. Traded a 3rd and a 4th, for a starting Left Tackle. And you say they got fleeced? Some of y’all got wool over your eyes this is a good move.”

    They’re just haters. The more they cry about how the Chiefs got fleeced, the better you can assume the deal was for KC.

  38. Cant let Mahomes run for his life every game, trading for a known quantity at this price locks down one issue. If they have a 2nd this year I’d imagine another OL will be chosen with that. After teams know what roster questions the draft has answered for them we’ll see some cuts and releases that may offer them some more help also. After their injuries, retirements, and the SB they need all the OL help they can get

  39. Rusty Nale says:

    April 23, 2021 at 5:15 pm

    “touchback6 says:
    April 23, 2021 at 4:07 pm
    I don’t think the Chiefs understand how the salary cap works.”
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    Maybe it’s you that doesn’t understand how the salary cap works
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    In all fairness that’s just 1 of the millions of things he doesn’t understand at all yet claims to be an expert on.

  40. williamshatnerstoupee says:
    April 23, 2021 at 7:20 pm
    This makes Belichick look like a helpless amateur.

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    Either this, or the Thuney signing.

  41. Chill out KC, he’s a 2 time pro bowl RIGHT tackle on the last year of his rookie deal playing prove it for LT money in 10 months. BAL already has their starting LT locked up and mended and has to plan to pay Lamar. Brown was not realistically in the long term plans. Rather than watching Brown walk next year for maybe a comp 3rd rounder they cashed in and got 1st and more for a player who was originally drafted in the 3rd. They can use that pick to move up or back or have 2 starters with 5th year options.

  42. whostolemyxanax says:
    April 23, 2021 at 6:57 pm
    Only part I don’t like is not signing him to an extension as part of the trade. We saw what happened in Houston where Tunsil completely reset the market for tackles under the same circumstances. You put yourself in a bind as an organization because you aren’t going to let the guy walk after one season when you gave up draft picks to acquire him.

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    It’s just mindboggling how dumb the Chiefs are with people praising their stupidity and desperation, doubling down over and over, and then calling it “brilliant”.

    This is how dumb our country has become.

    You trade a 1st rder instead of just drafting a new Tackle and then still have no answer after you desperately overpay for Thuney at 17 mil per, as Mahomes is set to make 40 mil annually in 2022.

    lol!

    I mean, people would praise this stupidity? Why?

    Why would you want a carousel on the line in front of your 40 mil per small qb who can’t stay healthy?

  43. Only my Ravens can have the supreme self confidence to trade an ascending probowl LT to a team that has recently been their nemesis. That tells you two things. A great relationship between the two organizations and how much self belief and confidence the Ravens have in their own team, that they’re not worried about helping their competition get better. But, they got their own pund of flesh too. Knowing how well my team drafts and the amount of money they pour into their scouting department and analytics department coupled with the cohesiveness of the coaching and front office staffs, I truly believe they’ll turn this draft into a bonanza. I’m happy for Mahomes because he’ll be protected but I believe in my team so much more. Go Ravens!

  44. You people are valuing picks in this draft as if they’re like any other draft. These lottery tickets carry double the risk this year. Much smarter to go for the known commodities.

  45. “So… is Orlando Brown Jr the best LT in the sport?

    If not, I don’t see how the picks are worth it.

    Baltimore gets: 2021 first-round pick, third-round pick, fourth-round pick and a 2022 fifth-round pick

    KC gets: 2021 second-round pick and a 2022 sixth-round pick.“

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    Context my man, context. Chiefs haven’t drafted inside the first round top 25 in almost a decade (minus the trade up that netted them some guy named Patrick Mahomes). Chiefs basically gave up the equivalent of the 42nd pick in this years draft to acquire a 24 year old pro bowl left tackle.

  46. It’s much easier to grow your own left tackle.

    But not a bad draft to move down and have two picks around 60.

    As the zen master says… ‘We shall see’

  47. Why on earth would they make their main competition better. Makes no sense. I’m sure they could have gotten pretty much the same from a team in the NFC.

  48. Brown going from a team that mostly ran the ball to a team that mostly throws the ball. If he truly is a great LT, we’ll find out right away. If so, this is a good trade for Chiefs. If he struggles, then Ravens made a great trade. I’m guessing Ravens signing Villanueva to be a swing T, especially given Stanley’s injury. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Ravens draft Teven Jenkins, if Bateman is gone when the pick. The other pick will certainly be an Edge pass rusher.

  49. knightwanderer says:
    April 23, 2021 at 7:12 pm
    Cant let Mahomes run for his life every game, trading for a known quantity at this price locks down one issue. If they have a 2nd this year I’d imagine another OL will be chosen with that. After teams know what roster questions the draft has answered for them we’ll see some cuts and releases that may offer them some more help also. After their injuries, retirements, and the SB they need all the OL help they can get

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    Actually, you aren’t paying attention. With the return of two players who opted out last year, OT Niang (2019 2nd round pick) and LDT (2019 starting RG added to last years replacement RT (if he beats out Niang), the Rams starting center and the Patriot’s all-pro LG and now the Raven’s pro bowl LT on top of an improved lot of rotational players the Chief’s OL is set. They will not draft any other offensive linemen this year…

    But go ahead and make stuff up. Just don’t bet against them, lad.

  50. Slapshot says:
    April 23, 2021 at 5:03 pm
    Just saw that Ravens will now sign Villanueva for LT vacancy. Steelers didn’t re-sign him for a reason, but now Baltimore has extra picks to rejuvenate OL.

    Villanueva will play RT as soon as Stanley comes back. They are using him as a stop gap. Orlando Brown played very well in the few games he played at LT, but he’s far from a proven commodity at LT. While his stats show he played better than expected, most people know he is a monster at run blocking, but still needs lots of work pass protecting.

  51. richabbs says:
    April 23, 2021 at 8:51 pm

    “…I wouldn’t be surprised to see Ravens draft Teven Jenkins, if Bateman is gone when the pick….”

    Unless they package picks and move up there’s no way they’re getting Teven Jenkins. He’ll be long gone by pick 27. But they have the capital if they do want to put a package together to go up and get him. My guess is he goes to the Bears at 20.

  52. Love how fans of the Patriots – now irrelevant – have nothing left to do except try to pour salt on teams that are just starting to dominate.

  53. Chiefs overpaid for the last year of Brown’s rookie contract. He’s gonna want $18MM a year in 2022 and beyond. The Chiefs have $174MM on their books for 2022 already, and just 23 players under contract. Adding 30 players at $1MM each, basically vet minimums or rookie contracts, to round out their roster puts them at or over next year’s likely salary cap around $200MM. Signing Orlando Brown without cutting a big salary elsewhere is impossible.

    Chiefs need draft picks, not expensive free agents, which is what Orlando Brown is essentially. And they paid the Ravens a premium in draft capital for a one year deal.

    Ravens will make improve their roster over the coming years with those picks, while the Chiefs will be in salary cap hell.

  54. Not a Chiefs fan but wow, signed Thuney and traded for OB Jr. That left side is now secure. The Salary Cap debt will come due soon, but they just might have another Lombardi or two by then.

  55. As a Raider fan, I’m loving this! It won’t help the Chefs enough to pay for their loss of draft picks.

  56. touchback6 says:

    It’s just mindboggling how dumb the Chiefs are with people praising their stupidity and desperation, doubling down over and over, and then calling it “brilliant”.

    This is how dumb our country has become.

    You trade a 1st rder instead of just drafting a new Tackle and then still have no answer after you desperately overpay for Thuney at 17 mil per, as Mahomes is set to make 40 mil annually in 2022.

    lol!

    I mean, people would praise this stupidity? Why?

    Why would you want a carousel on the line in front of your 40 mil per small qb who can’t stay healthy?

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    It’s very unlikely that a day one starter at left tackle is available at 31. It’s a gamble if they can’t resign him, but if they do he will be better value than trying to trade up 10-16 spots to find a guy of equal value where would spend far more draft capital. It’s only dumb if it doens’t work.

  57. That’s a large payload but likely worth it. Brown & Thuney & likely a starter from the draft. The rest of the roster is put in place. Should’ve signed RB Drake…….CE-H might need some help.

  58. If there ever was a win-win-win situation, this about gets there. Ravens win, Chiefs win and OBJ wins. Why so much heartburn and gripe folks? Live and let live.

  59. Brilliant move by Veach and Chiefs. Best case scenario out of the draft is that we would’ve gotten a starter at LT at pick 31. Not very likely. The 2nd best scenario is that we get a great veteran starter that is young and a pro-bowler, as well as we get a future starter at pick 58 which is very very likely and much cheaper as a 2nd rounder than a 1st rounder. Veach and Chiefs knocked it out of the park on this one. Likely we will get two young OL prospects out of the draft with one that can develop into a starter after one-two seasons behind these vets plus Niang, LDT, Brown, and Tuney as long term unit. A top LT will cost regardless and with Mahomes at QB we need to ALWAYS have a top LT. Another way in which Patrick Mahomes’ taking less money will pay off for years and years. WE will be contending for SB’s for the next 8-10 years. May win 2-4 more SB’s. After 50 years of rooting for my Chiefs in the wilderness it is GREAT to see this happening. Bravo Veach on the trade!!!

  60. overlyobservant says:
    April 23, 2021 at 6:48 pm
    Think I’ve figured this site out. This move, in conjunction with the signing of Thuney, slams the door on the Patriots doing anything in the AFC. As if they could advance out of the AFC East. Thus, all the harping.

    Another AFC Championship game in K.C. Fourth in a row.
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    Get back to us when they are in 13 in a row.

  61. The price was not high at all.

    First, for their first round pick (which is just two picks from a second round pick), the Chiefs get an all-pro left tackle when they had no left tackle before, and would still have not had one after the draft. Second, they received Baltimore’s second round pick (#58) for KC’s third round pick (#94). Really.
    Third, they traded one of their two fourth round picks (#136) and next years fifth round pick (#200?), but received Baltimore sixth round pick for next year.

    How is that a high price, especially after the Chiefs extend Orlando for another 5 years?

  62. With basically 2 running backs in the Ravens backfield on every single snap, how do you even evaluate how good of a pass protector is he? All I know is that when the Ravens backup QB came in the game, he would get creamed and the Ravens running game from running backs have been pedestrian at best.

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