The Orlando Brown trade in retrospect.

[Direckshun]

Here's the full extent of what it wrought for both teams:

Ready for a deep dive?

In this trade, The Chiefs acquired:

• LT Orlando Brown Jr.
• LB Nick Bolton with the 2nd rounder
• a 2022 6th that we traded in 2021 for CB Mike Hughes and a 2022 7th rounder
• the 2022 7th was used to move up 13 spots in the 2022 5th round for OL Darian Kinnard

The Ravens acquired:

• DE Odafe Oweh (32 games played, 8 total sacks)
• OG Ben Cleveland (21 games as a backup, is projected starter in 2023)
• a 2021 4th round pick, which the Arizona Cardinals traded up for, costing them an additional 6th and netting them a 2021 5th rounder and a 2022 4th rounder
• that 2022 fourth rounder became TE Charlie Kolar (2 games, 4 receptions)
• a 2021 fifth rounder became CB Shaun Wade, who was traded before the season started to the New England Patriots for a 2022 7th and a 2023 5th
• the 2022 7th was packaged with C Greg Mancz to the Dolphins in order to trade up into the 6th, where they selected RB Tyler Badie (waived before the season started)
• the 2023 5th was packaged with a 2023 2nd round pick for LB Roquan Smith

Cleaned up, that comes to:

• LT Orlando Brown Jr.
• LB Nick Bolton
• CB Mike Hughes
• OL Darian Kinnard

vs.

• DE Odafe Oweh
• OG Ben Cleveland
• TE Charlie Kolar
• LB Roquan Smith

It's really, really close, and really just goes to show you how well run both of these teams are.

I think it's a tie, unless you refuse to count Roquan Smith, since the 5th Baltimore acquired to sell for him was a minor piece in acquiring him. Which I suppose you can do (you'd have to discount Kinnard too, which, fine), and that would shift this conversation decisively in favor of the Chiefs.

Poll forthcoming.