Bengals' Orlando Brown Jr. Jokes About Scouting OLs amid Combine: 'I'm Slow as S--t'

Cincinnati Bengals star tackle Orlando Brown Jr. had some helpful advice for the team scouts observing offensive line prospects at the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine.

"The mental is just as important as the physical when scouting OL," Brown wrote.

He added: "I'm also only tweeting this because I'm slow as s--t."

Brown, originally projected as a first-round pick, fell to No. 83 in the 2018 NFL Draft after a combine performance so poor it made history.

His bench press of 14 reps on 225 pounds ranked as the second-worst combine total among offensive tackles since 2000, according to Pro Football Reference and USA Today's Jim Reineking.

Offensive tackles also generally average 5.24 seconds in the 40-yard dash, per Reineking. Brown finished his in 5.85 seconds.

Those numbers caused teams to select eight offensive tackles before the Baltimore Ravens drafted Brown with a late pick that now looks like a steal.

A slow combine hasn't stopped Brown, who was named to four consecutive Pro Bowls between 2019 and 2022, from succeeding in the NFL. That might be something NFL scouts are keeping in mind as they meet offensive line prospects in Indianapolis.