For the second time in four years, offensive tackle Orlando Brown Jr. is going to an AFC Super Bowl contender with a great need to rebuild its offensive line. Brown, who played left tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2021 and 2022 after a trade from the Baltimore Ravens, has signed a four-year, $64.092 million deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Per Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, Brown gets 67.87% of the deal fully guaranteed, with $42.3 million through Tear 2, and $49.9 million through Year 3.
The Bengals, who limped through the 2022 season with Jonah Williams at left tackle (Williams allowed 13 sacks and 45 total pressures in 748 pass-blocking reps), see Brown as a clear improvement, and the metrics do line up in that direction — at least in the sack department. Last season for the Super Bowl champion Chiefs, Brown allowed four sacks, but 58 quarterback pressures, in 893 pass-blocking snaps.
