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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Just like the Giants added the best tackle last year in Nate Solder. But textbook example of good teams staying good and bad teams staying bad. Brown doesn't actually grade out that well, commits a lot of penalties (which makes him a natural Raider), but he was great in the playoffs so someone overpays while the Pats get a third round comp pick later on, and given their draft history, there's at least a 60% chance that pick ends up being a better player than Brown, for far less money. Pats are just the absolute gold standard for exemplary run franchises.
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When you look at how the Pats play the compensatory draft pick formula, it's very smart. They traded a 3rd round compensatory pick to SF for Trent Brown and a 5th round pick. Because they traded for Brown, as opposed to signing another OT in free agency to replace Solder, it doesn't get factored into the compensatory draft pick formula for Solder, in addition to the compensatory pick they will get for Brown. Basically they were able to rent Brown for a year, let him walk in free agency and get back the 3rd round compensatory pick they traded for him in the first place.