Cardinals | Levi Brown likely to hit free agency

[Cheesebeef]

.... because they were not as unhappy as you with what they had, and have tried to re-sign him.

they were also happy with brandon keith who was atrocious. and maybe, just maybe, they didn't want to admit the collosal mistake (which people have been banging on them forever about) they made in taking him over Peterson.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

they were also happy with brandon keith who was atrocious. and maybe, just maybe, they didn't want to admit the collosal mistake (which people have been banging on them forever about) they made in taking him over Peterson.

and, maybe, maybe... he'll be gone in a few weeks and you'll move on to your next whipping boy.

 

[Chopper0080]

so his value is $8-9M? But you would pay $7M? So you would let him walk too then?

Yes. 7 million would be my max which is why I don't see him coming back to AZ.

 

[Stout]

Take emotion out of it. A starting RT under the age of 30 is worth at least 4 million.

There you go again, stating things as fact that are actually opinions. I don't WANT him starting, at LT or RT. So, what is a backup swing tackle (IMO) worth to me? Not 4 million.

 

[kerouac9]

There you go again, stating things as fact that are actually opinions. I don't WANT him starting, at LT or RT. So, what is a backup swing tackle (IMO) worth to me? Not 4 million.

A backup swing guard like Rex Hadnot is worth $3 million per year.

 

[Stout]

A backup swing guard like Rex Hadnot is worth $3 million per year.

He's a starter, not a backup. Granted, he didn't start when he signed, but he is as of now.

 

[Chopper0080]

He's a starter, not a backup. Granted, he didn't start when he signed, but he is as of now.

But that is what they signed him for and the role he was signed to fill. And comparing top OTs to top OGs, the contract difference is around 3 million. (I think the NO OG and Mankins are paid about 8 mil/year and Jake Long about 11 mil). So if there is a 3 mil difference between the value of OGs and OTs, Levi's worth would be around 6 million in the open market.

 

[kerouac9]

He's a starter, not a backup. Granted, he didn't start when he signed, but he is as of now.

He was a backup for Cleveland when we signed him. I don't think there's another team in the NFL where he would be a starter, and he shouldn't be starting for this one. Rex Hadnot might be marginally more consistent than Deuce Lutui, but Lutui is a feistier presence on the line and his highs are much higher than what Hadnot can offer.

 

[kerouac9]

But that is what they signed him for and the role he was signed to fill. And comparing top OTs to top OGs, the contract difference is around 3 million. (I think the NO OG and Mankins are paid about 8 mil/year and Jake Long about 11 mil). So if there is a 3 mil difference between the value of OGs and OTs, Levi's worth would be around 6 million in the open market.

Jake Long's finishing up his rookie deal. I have no idea what the real market for offensive tackles are right now. Joe Thomas just signed a ridiculous contract extension with Cleveland, but Joe Staley just extended in San Francisco, and he's making less than $4 million a year.

With so many young offensive tackles on their rookie contracts around the NFL, and so many others as journeyman types, it's difficult to establish what the market for a mid-tier offensive tackle is. Something less than D'Brickashaw Ferguson but something more than Joe Staley, I'd guess.

Look up Staley's contract on Spotrac.com and tell me if you can make sense of why he'd sign on to that deal.