The Cincinnati Bengals appear to be building a wall in front of Joe Burrow.
After another injury-plagued season for their franchise quarterback, the Bengals have gone out and signed offensive tackle Trent Brown; pairing him with Orlando Brown Jr. to create one of the heftiest bookend duos in league history.
The Brown Brothers (no relation) stand 6-foot-8 and weigh a combined 715 pounds. With Orlando measuring 6’8″ 345 lbs and Trent 6’8″ 370 lbs. According to ESPN.com, the last time a pair of starting tackles were that size was the 2009 Minnesota Vikings with Phil Loadholt and Bryant McKinnie.
Cincinnati inked the former Patriot to a one-year deal on Tuesday. Brown told reporters that the team’s culture played a big role in why he chose to sign.
“That was a huge thing right there,” Brown explained. “Just being where we came from, where people would get out of there for a release any chance we had. … I’ll be able to just enjoy coming to work on a day-to-day basis and that was important as well when we talk about fit.”
Brown’s best seasons came in New England but towards the end of his second stint the 30-year-old found himself expressing displeasure with the powers that be.
Brown was selected by the 49ers in the seventh-round of the 2015 NFL Draft where he spent three seasons before joining the Patriots and Raiders. He won a Super Bowl with the Pats in 2018 and followed that up with a Pro Bowl appearance the following year.