The fallout of the Cincinnati Bengals making a splash with Orlando Brown Jr. in free agency is massive in scope.
We are, after all, talking about a team that needs to have hundreds of millions of dollars ready to re-sign its big three of Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins.
And yet, on Wednesday night, that didn’t stop the Bengals from swiping one of the biggest names in free agency and one of the best offensive tackles in football to protect Burrow.
Now the fallout focuses on who plays where on the line, who even stays with the team and what it means for a franchise that has grown up into a heavyweight in a matter of years — and carries itself as such.