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In case you’re wondering how former 49ers tackle Trent Brown has been doing since his trade to New England: pretty damn well. He’s starting at left tackle Sunday in the Super Bowl Dre Greenlaw Jersey , favored to win, and heading into free agency with a big payday likely. A day-two mid-draft trade last spring swapped the last year of Brown’s rookie contract plus the 49ers’ second of two fifth-round picks (#143 overall) for the Patriot’s 3rd round choice (#95). Those picks turned into cornerback Tarvarius Moore, who showed strong late in the season for San Francisco, and linebacker Ja’Whaun Bentley, who won a starting job at LB for New England and was playing great (14 tackles and an interception) before a torn bicep ended his season after 3 games.Once he arrived in Foxboro,Brown immediately moved to left tackle and took over the starting job from the first day of training camp. New England saved a lot of money this year by letting their previous left tackle Nate Solder walk; the veteran made $10 million this year for the Giants, going up to $17 million next year. He’s now the NFL’s highest paid offensive lineman. In contrast, the Patriots are paying a grand total of $1.9M for Brown this year. That changes after this season, since he’s now a free agent, and there are no guarantees Brown will stay with the Patriots. He has a big spotlight in Atlanta to pump up his free agent value, and Belichick is great at getting the most out of inexpensive players.Then again, New England is a great spot for a young lineman, with a pretty decent quarterback famous for getting rid of the ball quickly, a legendary position coach (Dante Scarnecchia), and talented colleagues on the line. PFF ranked this rebuilt line as fourth best in the NFL. The Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers both have great pass rushes, but neither got a sack against Brady in these playoffs.Brown has improved steadily all season, and has been a stud in the playoffs, holding both Melvin Ingram and Dee Ford to no sacks and one pressure each. He is PFF’s top-graded tackle in the playoffs this year.Even in the run game, which has always been his weakness, the Patriots have figured out how to make the most of his unique combination of size and mobility: in goal line packages. Zack Cox of New England Sports Network points out that:He had a star moment in crunch time in the AFC Championship game, luring Ford into lining up offsides, which wiped out a game ending interception. Some fans thought Brown was lined up illegally off the line himself, but photos show that he’s so huge (6’8”, 360 lbs.) that it just looked that way. He helmet broke the plane of the center’s hip, as required, but his back foot was two yards behind any of the other offensive linemen.That isn’t to say that the Niners made a bad trade. Brown was not a good fit for Kyle Shanahan’s outside zone running game, and only played ten games in 2017 before going on injured reserve. He was called for 18 penalties in 31 games on the Niners, versus only five this entire season, where he’s played 97.3% of the Patriots offensive snaps.Clearly he’s fitting in better with New England, but San Francisco’s OL also improved by subtraction when Brown left. I don’t think there’s any way that Matt Breida Dre Greenlaw San Francisco 49ers Jersey , Raheem Mostert and Jeff Wilson would have been racked up so many rushing yards in Shanahan’s scheme with Brown still on the team.If Tarvarius Moore develops into a solid cornerback, this may be one of those rare trades where both teams benefit. Add in the financial implications with Brown headed to free agency, and that could be further noteworthy for the 49ers. That said, I predict that when Bill Belichick retires, New England will miss his work as a GM as much or more than his coaching.In any case, Trent Brown is looking forward to a Super Bowl bonus check and maybe a ring, plus a big second contract as a starting left tackle somewhere in the NFL next year. Life is good. The Chicago Bears are figuring out the status of kicker Cody Parkey, and for the time being, they’ve brought in some competition. The team signed Redford Jones after trying out a kickers on Friday, per Rich Campbell.The news comes after a rough 2018 season from Parkey. Last March, the Bears signed Parkey to a four-year $15 million contract. In his first year on the deal, he connected on 76.7 percent of his field goal attempts and missed the critical field goal attempt that would have beaten the Philadelphia Eagles in the wild card round.Jones has no NFL experience, having gone undrafted last year and not signing anywhere until now. He was 12 of 16 on field goal attempts at Tulsa in 2017, and 50 of 67 for his career.The Bears are one of several teams that would likely be interested in talking to Robbie Gould. The long-time Bears kicker has had a strong two seasons with the 49ers, converting 95 percent of his field goals in 2017 and 97 percent in 2018. He’s an unrestricted free agent this offseason, and while the 49ers are talking to him and could still franchise him, he would likely have a strong market if he hit free agency.If the Bears cut Parkey, they would carry $5,187,500 in dead money, and lose $1,125,000 in cap space. If they designated him a post-June 1st cut, they would carry $4,062,500 in dead money this year, and save $0 in cap space. The Jones signing is for competition, but if Gould hits the market, I have to think they could be an aggressive suitor.