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Cards send Levi Brown to Steelers
Cardinals don’t get much for Levi Brown
The football gods have answered our prayers. Getting anything for him is a coup. It's obvious that PTF has no idea what they are talking about in their articles when it comes to Lei Brown. Bradley Sowell is set to start at LT.
There’s suddenly a left tackle arms race in the AFC North.
After the Ravens made a move last night to get Eugene Monroe off the Jaguars, the Steelers are trying to keep pace.
A league source tells PFT that the Cardinals have agreed to a deal that will send tackle Levi Brown to Pittsburgh. Pending a physical, the trade will happen.
Jason La Canfora of CBS previously has reported that the two teams were “hammering out” a trade.
The Steelers have clearly been dissatisfied with their tackle play all year, rotating Kelvin Beachum in for both Mike Adams and Marcus Gilbert.
Cardinals coach Bruce Arians referred to Brown as an “elite” left tackle this offseason, but he must not feel that same way after a month of regular-season games.
Cardinals don’t get much for Levi Brown
So what did the Cardinals get in return for tackle Levi Brown? Per a source with knowledge of the deal, not too much.
The source says the Cardinals are getting “late-round stuff” in exchange for Brown, the former top-five draft pick who played college football at Penn State and who is from Eastern Virginia, an area for which coach Mike Tomlin seems to have a specific affinity when it comes to finding players. That implies either one, or more than one, low-round draft pick.
Brown has played for the Cardinals since entering the league in 2007. With the Steelers, he’ll presumably be placed immediately at the left tackle position, where 2012 second-round pick Mike Adams repeatedly was beaten and abused by Vikings defensive end Jared Allen on Sunday.
It’s an odd move for the Cardinals, who had been creating a win-now vibe based on some of their late-preseason moves — and who are tied for second place in the NFC West after four games. Losing Brown won’t help them win now, and what they’re getting in return may not do much to help them win later.
The football gods have answered our prayers. Getting anything for him is a coup. It's obvious that PTF has no idea what they are talking about in their articles when it comes to Lei Brown. Bradley Sowell is set to start at LT.