It's a pretty quiet time on the NFL calendar, as teams are enjoying the last of their summer vacation before camp ramps up in late July. For the Chiefs, the main item left on their summer agenda is the status of left tackle Orlando Brown Jr., who was franchise tagged earlier this year. Both sides of talked about a willingness to get a longterm extension done before the coming season, but how realistic is that anymore? FanSided's Matt Verderame joined 610's The Drive recently to give his take.
"It makes sense to give him something like a five-year deal," he said. "Because in the NFL, it's not really a five-year deal. It'd probably be more like a three-year deal, which is just what they did with Joe Thuney. When they signed Thuney a year ago, it was a five-year contract, and the guaranteed money essentially covered the first three years, which is unheard of for an interior offensive lineman ... With Brown, who's essentially the same as as Thuney was when he signed that deal, I think it makes sense to go again for five years. And if they go for five years, that puts them right at about what I would expect to be somewhere between $100 and $110 [million]. Guarantees, which are more important than the overall value anyway, I think you're probably looking at the first three years guaranteed."
You can listen to the entire conversation in the embedded player below: