100% - id prefer to keep brown but we should know how difficult it is to find a TE - how long did it take us to find a reliable weapon after pitta had his hip injury?
basically half a decade despite taking multiple shots at the position including a fair few high picks
Yeah, to be honest, while I agree that Tackles coming out of college are difficult to find, I'm not sure that finding a competent RT really is. I'm not expecting the next guy we draft to be as good as Brown obviously, but we found a guy like Rick Wagner with a day 3 pick, and Brown with a day 2 pick. So I would expect to find a competent starter in day 2 or 3 to replace Brown when the time came.
Andrews is interesting. I think the shelf life on a guy like him isn't going to be long, i.e. I don't think he'll be producing at a high level like Kelce well into his 30s. He could be fading by the end back of his 2nd deal, assuming its your standard like 3-4 year extension.
And while the TE market price tags are rising, the price difference between Brown and Andrews is easily going to be at least $5M a year, and could be closer to $10M.
Given that, I would prioritize Andrews, though I suppose if the Ravens decided they're just going to continue to go "cheap" on the interior of the Oline for the foreseeable future, they could potentially prioritize Brown.
Candidly, I get the sense Brown somewhat prefers to play the left side in actuality, meaning he may actually have that desire to leave and get that opportunity elsewhere. As I said already, he'd likely be the most coveted FA tackle to hit the market in quite some time in my eyes.
