Saints Trade Jammal Brown to Washington Redskins

But that seems like very low compensation for the Saints…

2nd or 3rd rounders seem fairer to me. I know there has to be question about Brown’s ability after not playing last year, but he was worth more than a 3rd or 4th round pick . I guess this just confirms my previous belief that Pay-Loo knew Brown really, really wanted out of NOLA and had no intention of playing for the Saints this year. Oh well, I still wish you luck Jammal. I know you were pissed about being put on IR last year when you were expected to be healthy by December. At least, go accept your SB ring. Or, give it to me. I’ll gladly take care of it for you.

I chose “no way” but my true feelings lie somewhere in between the first two choices

unlike another first round pick that we simply cut

I’ll bet Jim was lobbying hard for this trade, since he’s the one who drafted Brown back in 2005. ESPN is reporting that Brown will start at right tackle, at which position some tend to think he performs better. He played RT in college, didn’t he?

This really helps the Skins and McNabb. It’s very possible they win their division this year. The rest of the NFC East don’t look all that impressive to me. I refuse to buy into the Cowboys hype.

But then again, I can only trust the Saints front office in understanding his mindset and what sort of effect he might have had on the team this season had he stayed around. Who knows…maybe we will get a diamond in the rough with that mid-round draft pick.

maybe a defensive lineman or LB prospect that couldve been good. i think we still could’ve waited a lil more possibly to get more. i agree that a 2nd or 3rd conditional pick would’ve been better. 6th rounders just don’t add much for me because there aren’t may Colstons or Tom Bradys out there.

We had all of the leverage over Jammal Brown, despite his grumblings. There is no way he is crazy enough to think that 1.) not playing for a year due to injury followed by 2.)sitting out for a year over a contract dispute would land him a good deal on another team. Good deals don’t go to players who don’t see the field for two straight years. He may not have liked it, but he would have played for us for a year, and he would have played with the gusto of a guy setting the price for his next contract.

Bushrod got the job done last year, but he needed a lot of help. Charles Brown, though he has a lot of potential, is still a rookie, and an unknown NFL quantity.

For all his antics, there is a good chance that Jammal Brown was the best left tackle on our team for this year, and years that the Saints are Superbowl contenders are few and far between. Odds are this deal ultimately earns us only a 4th rounder (I suspect McNabb is in very good position for a Pro Bowl berth, considering that QB subs in the Probowl dip down pretty far now-a-days (see: David Garrard, Probowl 2010)). Add to that we will also lose a 6th rounder and this just doesn’t feel like a great deal.

If this team wins nine games. . .
If this player goes to the Pro Bowl. . .
If the Skins go to the playoffs. . .
If the oil spill suddenly stops. . .

We won’t know the price of this deal until the end of the coming season. It’s like running in place on a trampoline.

JB was the last of the 2005 draft picks (Haslett’s final draft) on our roster

Brown, a 2005 first-round pick, has only one year remaining on his contract.

Um, that’s because it was a one-year deal that’s barely 24 hours old. It started as a one-year deal, and it will end as a one-year deal.

I was almost OK with this trade, until I read the part about us giving a pick back to them!!

My first post on a front page….I’m almost famous.

Has everyone seen this SB Nation page? It’s kinda cool. They’re giving everyone the skinny in one single place on how Saints fans and Skins fans on SB Nation feel about the big NFL news of the day. They’ve even got a report from our fearless leader:

SB Nation’s Canal Street Chronicles has taken a look at the trade that sends OT Jammal Brown to the Redskins. Our editor over at CSC agrees with the move.

    “Fans have been speculating for weeks about the future of Brown, who is now expendable thanks to Jermon Bushrod’s rise last year and the drafting of 2nd round pick, Charles Brown. I’m definitely in favor of this move. It was apparent Jammal Brown was unhappy and did not want to be in New Orleans anymore. At least the Saints were able to get some value out of him, though it’s arguable whether they received enough given how valuable the OT position can be.”

But Saints fans do not, apparently. The poll results are still early, but it appears most feel that the Saints got “hosed.”

I think the Saints could have “strong armed” the Bills or similar team for more in return.

He’s one year removed from the Pro Bowl. Injury or not, we could have gotten a better deal for him.

if he was worth more than that, some team would have signed him while he was still “restricted”.. the saints had to do this.. if you wait for training camp and that hip ain’t moving, he becomes untradable and he walks next season..

You guys kill me. Jammal Brown is a 1999 Ford Mustang with 117,000 miles and the clear coat finish starting to crack off and the Check Engine light coming on when you floor it on the I-10 on ramp. You’d better get what you can for it right now, because it’s going to be worth nothing in a year and cause you a lot of problems in the mean time. How can you rationally ask $12,000 for it and claim that it is “rare” and “cherry”?? Only because it’s yours, that’s how.

I think PayLoo got market value for him. Name the last time they got taken in a trade. I don’t think it’s happened yet.

What is worth more getting a 3/4 rounder today or getting nothing next year when he walks away…

Seriously… GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES this is a good deal…

If we get a 3rd rounder, I think it’s a good deal. If a 4th, not so much. Most teams are getting more and more stingy with their draft picks (unless it’s a high first round pick, which no one seems to want these days because of the price tag attached), so it’s likely the best deal they could get, especially with the injury history. I also seriously doubt Brown will look as good on that line post injury as he did on ours before he got hurt.

I feel like the Redskins might be getting over hyped a bit. The upgrades at QB and coach are obvious, but the team had (and has) other problems. Despite my complete hatred of the Cowboys, they’re still loaded with talent. If the Giants can manage to stay vaguely healthy, they should bounce back more than a little from last season. As inconsistent as they are, the Eagles aren’t going to be easy to beat. The Redskins have an uphill battle in front of them, and even if they’re more equipped to deal with it than they were last season, I’ll remain dubious.

Jamal Brown had his good games, but he had his bad ones too. The problem I had with Brown is the constant mistakes he made in penalties. Holding and False Start. I can remember key drives in 07 and 08 where he was called for holding and it hurt us in those games.

Jahri and Bushrod rarely ever got called for holding

There was no way we were going to keep this guy, we had to get something. Getting a 3/4 is about right. He’s coming off of an injury and was always a little over-rated as a LT (He was a pro-bowler two years ago, but that was basically by default.). I think he could be a very good RT, so if the skins move him there, it could look like a rip-off but I doubt he would’ve moved to RT for us.

Bushrod played pretty well for us, but did need some help. I’m betting they plan on Charles Brown being their LT in the next year or two, but Bushrod is servicable until he then.

Dave is totally cool

that we don’t know about

What we gave up and got was an absolute JOKE and I am not sure anyone could find a single GM that would give us the edge in this deal

My god did we just give the Skins a christmas present.

I hope to hell that either he was screaming/yelling behind the scenes or something….b/c wow did we get hosed

This is about what teams are willing to cough up for a guy like Brown. It is VERY rare to get “value” in a trade, especially linemen. The prevailing thought is that guys like him can be easily had in the middle rounds of the draft.

We were lucky we had Bushrod at the ready when Brown got hurt. Saints had been very high on Bushrod from the beginning, so Brown’s days as a Saints were likely numbered.

Hope JB does well in Washington, but the team doesn’t (except when they play Dallas).