[sportscurmudgeon]

Looking at the season as a whole, Jamaal Brown cannot get a grade above "C-minus". He has improved a bit since about Thanksgiving but this guy used to play at the Pro Bowl level and he is now playing at the level of a guy who hopes to become a journeyman.

If he continues to recover from his injuries and his health allows him to raise his level of play significantly next year, he will have been worth a mid round draft pick.

If this is as good as it gets, the trade was a bad one.

Wait until next August/September to make a judgment here. Signing him to a long term deal to give you "bookends" on the OL, is premature.