Hollywood Browns trade in first round National Football League Draft raised antennas for several reasons.
First, people around the NFL cardinal Take Action – Acquisition marquise brown and the No. 23 third-round pick (No. 100).
“Baltimore Won a lot,” said one team executive.
Another source, whose team will play the Cardinals in 2022, added: “Bad trade for them. Good deal for us.”
To balance things out a bit, one coach noted that the wide receiver “would be better in Arizona” due to the Cardinals’ passing heavy.quarterback Kyler Murray 11,480 passing yards since 2019 compared to 8,766 in 2019 Lamar Jackson.
However, the Cardinals will now be forced to extend Brown’s contract at a time when the receiver market is booming and leverages in favor of the player’s side. After all, they didn’t give up a first-round pick — or if you prefer to look at it that way, they didn’t give up a first-round pick, or go back from the first round to the third round — on a two-year lease, including the fifth Year 2023 options.
Terrek Mountain (four years, $120 million extension), Davante Adams (five years, $140 million) and AJ Brown (Four years, $100 million extension) Big deals have been signed recently, though the backlog of money has pushed up the sticker price. Deborah Samuel and DK Metcalf A similar deal may end up strengthening the market value of the position.
That means Marquise Brown will get paid like one of the best receivers in the NFL. He just had the best season of his career with 91 catches and 1,008 yards, but ranks 14th and 26th in those categories.
It’s a prediction, and the Cardinals may have made the right prediction.Brown, who turns 25 next month, is on an upward trajectory and should have a greater statistical output in Arizona, especially once DeAndre Hopkins Returns the monopoly defense’s attention.
Brown will have leverage, though. And don’t forget that Murray is also pressuring the Cardinals to get a deal done, and the team’s quarterback certainly has his influence. This is a very important moment for the Cardinals front office.
The second reason for the telescopic antenna has to do with Jackson, who knew Brown wanted to be traded and had to know his friend was moving when he expressed his apparent dissatisfaction with the trade on social media.
The dynamic between Jackson and the Ravens has gotten a lot of attention. Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta said he wanted a long-term, marketable extension with Jackson, but noted in the offseason that Jackson wasn’t ready to finalize negotiations.
This situation casts doubt on whether the Ravens and Jackson will go the franchise tag route in 2023 and beyond. From a cash flow perspective, this route will benefit the Ravens, which are projected to hit around $31 million and $38 million in tag hits in 2023 and 2024. The third tag, which could be worth $55 million by 2025, if he could even be less than Jackson’s market value. Continue to play well.
Does Jackson really want to go year after year? Or is the 25-year-old banking on fitness to increase his contract value a year from now?
League executives must have been monitoring the situation from afar, and of course wondered if Jackson would show up if these unconventional talks went sideways. There’s no indication that’s happening right now, but the superstar movement in the league in recent years has curbed the surprise element of these storylines.
follow the money
quarterback Baker Mayfield still Brownsand obviously because of the money.
this Panthers and Seahawks Interest has been shown in acquiring Mayfield, but the Browns are unwilling to absorb his fully guaranteed salary of $18.858 million.Negotiations between Browns and Panthers did make some progress before Carolina traded for quarterback Matt Coral – The Panthers feel compelled to make a move, their favorite QB prospect is still up in the air.
The Panthers and Seahawks still haven’t ruled out acquiring Mayfield, but they need the Browns to take on a larger portion of the contract than they’ve offered so far. It’s unclear how big the gap is between the two sides, but the Browns expect their contract earnings to be commensurate with the assets they acquire.
The Browns don’t have much negotiating leverage (if any), and the Panthers and Seahawks are taking advantage of that. As a fifth-year player, Mayfield’s minimum base salary is $1.035 million, which means the Browns can eat up to $17.823 million in a trade. The Panthers and Seahawks are clearly fighting to get closer to that number.
Baker Mayfield is recovering from shoulder surgery and he is waiting to see if he will join a new team this season. (Ken Blaze/USA TODAY)
Meanwhile, if the trade doesn’t materialize, the Browns could theoretically keep Mayfield until 2022. If they do release him – soaking up the full $18.858 million and actually getting only one spot – they have to believe the Panthers or Seahawks are going to have to pay him over $1.035 million and that’s their leverage a part of.
The Browns also dared to challenge the Seahawks (Drew Lock and Jayne Smith) and Black Panther (Sam Darnold and Corral) roll with their current QB. With Mayfield still recovering from his surgically repaired left shoulder, his current inability to practice may have eased the urgency of acquiring him to develop his quarterback game.
So everyone stays in hold mode.
Foxboro Focus
Three quick notes from New England…
• This should come as no surprise, but patriot The quarterback sounds ecstatic Mike Jones‘Offseason dedication. Jones spent long hours at Gillette Stadium, often beating the coaching staff into the building to start a day of film studies. He’s also in charge of the offense, willing to vouch for the tactics and concepts he likes, and to put the brakes on those that don’t work.
• Wide receiver N’Keal Harry didn’t do himself any favors by skipping the start of a voluntary offseason training program. The 2019 first-round pick had 57 career receptions for 598 yards and four touchdowns, and his time in New England seemed to be ticking. Foxboro’s sense is that he’s having a hard time raising those numbers by avoiding these team-building drills.
Another problem is that Harry has no apparent trade value, except for a player-for-player swap with someone whose contract is expiring and also needs a change of circumstances.Patriots already have Kendrick Byrne, Jacoby Meyers, Devant Parker, Nelson Aglore and Tykun Thornton on the roster and tend to carry five receivers in Week 1. To get into the team, Harry may need the best training camp of his career and injuries on the depth chart.
• This offseason, New England’s veterans have been very encouraging about the team’s chemistry. In the locker room, the addition of free agents has blended well, with a different vibe over the past month.
(Top photo of Hollywood Brown: Ross D. Franklin/The Associated Press)
