The Baltimore Ravens and General Manager Eric DeCosta were going to need quite the haul to even consider obliging the request of Orlando Brown Jr. to get traded to another team — where he could live out his dream of playing left tackle in the NFL.
While it may not have been the Top-15 pick and veteran skill position player package that some optimistic fans of the franchise were hoping for, they were able to get a nice return in exchange for the 2018 third-round pick in a blockbuster trade on Friday afternoon.
However, in doing so, they not only left a massive two-time Pro Bowler-sized hole at right tackle on their starting offensive line, but they helped their arch-rival solidify theirs by agreeing to deal Brown Jr.