Star tackle Brown going from Chiefs to Bengals
Four-time Pro Bowl tackle Orlando Brown Jr. is leaving the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs for a $64.09 million, four-year deal with the Cincinnati Bengals.
The deal includes a $31 million signing bonus.
Brown, a third-round pick by Baltimore in 2018, spent three seasons with the Ravens and the last two with the Chiefs.
He goes from protecting NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes to blocking for Joe Burrow.
Brown began his career at right tackle and shifted to the left side in 2020. He'll protect Burrow's blindside in Cincinnati.
The Bengals lost to the Chiefs in the AFC title game in January. LOCK STICKING WITH SEAHAWKS >> The Seattle Seahawks are bringing back the same quarterback combo from last season and addressed one of their needs on the offensive line.
Seattle reached agreement with quarterback Drew Lock and offensive lineman Evan
Brown on one-year contracts.
Lock's return keeps continuity in Seattle's quarterback room after the Seahawks signed Geno Smith to a new contract earlier this month. Lock was part of Seattle's return in the trade that sent Russell Wilson to Denver last offseason. Lock was in competition with Smith for the starting job in training camp, but was never able to overtake Smith.
Still, the Seahawks raved about Lock's preparation and their belief in him if he had been called upon during the season.
Lock started 21 games during his three seasons in Denver, but hasn't played in a regular-season game since the end of the 2021 season.
Brown started 24 games over the past two seasons with Detroit at both center and guard. But center was a position where the Seahawks had to find an answer after Austin Blythe, Seattle's starting center last season, retired after the season. MATTISON GETS NEW DEAL WITH VIKINGS >> The Minnesota Vikings
have agreed to terms on a new contract with running back Alexander Mattison, who has served as a reliable backup to Dalvin Cook over the last four seasons.
The Vikings finalized the deal a day after Mattison became an unrestricted free agent. The third-round 2019 draft pick out of Boise State has rushed for 1,670 yards and 11 touchdowns in his career. He also has 70 receptions for 526 yards and three scores.
COMMANDERS ADD BRISSETT >> Quarterback Jacoby Brissett has agreed to terms with the Washington Commanders on a one-year contract worth $10 million.
Brissett, 30, becomes the experienced veteran the team wanted to bring in to push and compete with projected starter Sam Howell. Brissett threw for 2,608 yards and 12 touchdowns last season with the Cleveland Browns, starting 11 games for them while Deshaun Watson served his suspension for violating the league's personal conduct policy.
Howell, a 2022 fifth-round pick, goes into spring workouts as the team's No. 1 quarterback. CHARGERS' ADDERLEY RETIRES >> Nasir Adderley, a safety who played with the Chargers for the past four seasons, announced his retirement from the NFL on social media. Adderley, 25, became a free agent Wednesday, but he decided to walk away from football, citing the fact that “my health is above anything.”
“My purpose involves spending more time with my loved ones, business ownership and chasing my passion of true liberation,” Adderley wrote on Instagram. “With that being said, it has been a dream come true to play in the NFL and have the opportunity to play for the Chargers' organization.”
The Chargers drafted Adderley in the second round in 2019, after he had a standout career at the University of Delaware. He started 44 of 50 games in which he was healthy for the Chargers, including 15 of 16 this past season.