(02-26-2021, 02:22 AM)Eric1 Wrote:

(02-26-2021, 12:29 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: I would too, but the price tag might be higher and that's where I draw the line.

It would be grossly higher... 

The 25th pick in the 2020 draft (WR Brandon Aiyuk) signed a contract that was 4 years, $12.5m total.

Brown will want far more than that PER season, on top of giving up high picks.

He'd be expensive, but you'd have to re-sign him.  Otherwise, you'd end up paying the draft capital for a one year rental.  He'd be a free agent and you would have saved the money, but completely blown the pick you spent on him, and you'd be back in the same position you were in this year.

Whether it's for Trent Williams or Orlando Brown, Jr, or trading up for one of the tackles, getting a worthwhile solution to the LT position is most likely going to be expensive. 

Accept it and be prepared to pay.

We have the cap room to pay the price, and we have the franchise QB now worth it.

Think about it this way, over the past few years we've shed a lot of high or potentially high salaries in Calais Campbell, A.j. Bouye, Jalen Ramsey, and Yannick Ngakoue and paid the price in wins and losses.

If we added one high salary player, it would be to protect our franchise QB, who we'd have under the rookie deal for 3-5 years, and we'd reap the rewards in wins and losses.

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