Should Raiders fill right tackle void with Chiefs Orlando Brown Jr.?

Should Raiders fill the right tackle void with Chiefs Orlando Brown Jr.?

Would Brown be worth it for the Raiders?

Of course, Brown would be worth it for the Silver and Black. The team struggled mightily at the position, whether it was Leatherwood or Brandon Parker, and the results were less than ideal. Look, if an NFL team wants a premier tackle, they have to fork up serious cash. That is especially true when it has done a bad job of retooling the unit via the draft.

Jon Gruden’s final legacy (other than the e-mail scandal) will be the terrible job he did at reshuffling the offensive line and trading away key components. Regardless, the team has to look to the immediate future, and Brown would surely help in that regard.

The next question becomes if Brown will indeed be available. The Chiefs will have roughly $60 million in cap space once free agency gets underway in March. The NFL has set the salary cap at $208.2 million for the 2022 season as the Chiefs look to restructure some contracts and even get rid of some, such as Anthony Hitchens and Frank Clark’s, as the Chiefs Wire reported.

So, according to Pro Football Focus, a projection for Brown’s contract figures to be in the neighborhood of five years for $105 million, with nearly $73.5 million guaranteed. Hey, I never said Brown would be a bargain.