{"id":154737,"date":"2026-02-13T19:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/154737\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T19:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:48:11","slug":"bengals-orlando-brown-jr-explains-ravens-chiefs-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/154737\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengals\u2019 Orlando Brown Jr. explains Ravens-Chiefs trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 13, 2026, 5:31 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Near the start of his career, <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> offensive tackle Orlando Brown Jr. fulfilled a lifelong dream by playing for the Baltimore Ravens.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Just ask him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">During an appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ryanripkenshow\/status\/2020994683590131984\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ryan Ripken\u2019s show this week<\/a>, Brown said the following: &#8220;I always dreamed of being able to put on number 78, play left tackle for the Ravens&#8230; so to be able to live out my dream to the fullest in that moment&#8230; it was special.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">But for those who don\u2019t know, Brown wound up requesting a trade and landed with the Kansas City Chiefs in a deal involving multiple draft picks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The reason? He wanted to play left tackle:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:4|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">RELATED:<a href=\"http:\/\/bengalswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2026\/02\/09\/bengals-veterans-wont-be-zac-taylor-roster-trey-hendrickson-noah-fant\/88590162007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">6 Bengals veterans who won\u2019t be on Zac Taylor\u2019s roster next year<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Brown went on to win a Super Bowl with the Chiefs, but it was amid contract drama with the franchise that played a role in him hitting free agency.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Then came the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/cincinnati-bengals\/327\" data-autotag=\"6d3e484d-5133-4c06-a871-967f8646390b\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Bengals<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Brown inked a four-year deal worth $64 million with the Bengals in 2023 and remains under contract through 2026 as the left tackle in front of Joe Burrow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">If nothing else, it\u2019s a nice little dose of history when it comes to Brown, who now plays for his third AFC contender and wants to keep being a key cog that pushes the Bengals back to the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">RELATED:<a href=\"http:\/\/bengalswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2026\/02\/09\/bengals-key-offseason-dates-nfl-offseason-officially-begins\/88587669007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bengals&#8217; key offseason dates for NFL free agency, draft and more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 13, 2026, 5:31 a.m. ET Near the start of his career, Cincinnati Bengals offensive tackle Orlando Brown&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[31,139,141,140,49359,49360,298,2184,4344,49361,342,332,442,52850,96,300,34],"class_list":{"0":"post-154737","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-orlando","10":"tag-orlando-headlines","11":"tag-orlando-news","12":"tag-sstssportsnflbengals","13":"tag-sstsnbengals","14":"tag-tagamerican-football","15":"tag-tagamerican-football-conference","16":"tag-tagcincinnati-bengals","17":"tag-tagjoe-burrow","18":"tag-tagnational-sports","19":"tag-tagnfl","20":"tag-tagnfl-hub","21":"tag-tagorlando-brown-jr","22":"tag-tagoverall-positive","23":"tag-tagsports-news","24":"tag-typestory"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}