NFL Trade Rumors
When appearing on the Rich Eisen Show, Myles Garrett said he consulted with basketball superstar LeBron James before requesting to be traded from the Browns.
The star edge rusher explained he felt it was the right time to move on after talking to family: “Just felt it was time. Spent a little time talking to my family about how we felt about this decision. I had felt this way…everyone was kind of on the same page,” per Zac Jackson.
Despite some people floating the idea around that Garrett’s request was a play to make him the highest-paid non-QB in the league, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported that Garrett isn’t after money and simply wants to chase a Super Bowl.
Garrett confirmed he’s only interested in competing for a Super Bowl.
“I have a lot of love for Cleveland but for me it’s always been about competing for championships, winning those big games,” Garrett said, via Jackson.
Garrett added he doesn’t think he is “aligned” with Cleveland’s front office’s trajectory for the team.
“Not a decision I take lightly. Just looking at the trajectory of the team and talking to some of the higher ups…I have a lot of respect for them but I don’t think we’re aligned on where the team is going in the near future,” Garrett said, via Jackson.
Garrett blew up the NFL world during Super Bowl week when he publicly requested a trade out of Cleveland.
Earlier this week, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero went on the Rich Eisen Show and discussed the Garrett situation. He mentioned that if the Browns change their stance on moving him, they would likely want to get something done by the draft because of the natural devaluation of picks in the future as opposed to in the current year.
However, Pelissero can see this going past the start of free agency and the draft based on the team’s current view on trading their star pass rusher.
“By making this public now this has kind of you know created some level of pressure on the Browns,” Pelissero said. “The Browns continue to say that their stance has not changed here. This could be a situation Rich that we still talking about certainly beyond the start of free agency potentially up to and even beyond the draft here. Those are the natural checkpoints particularly the draft because if you are going to do a Myles Garrett trade, which again the Browns as of now do not want to do, if you’re going to do one, you would like to think that that happens prior to the draft because otherwise, you’re trading picks out into future drafts as opposed to in 2025.”
Overall, Pelissero believes this situation is going to be very drawn out because of Garrett’s current contract and Cleveland’s lack of willingness to entertain a trade at the moment.
“They still want Myles Garrett to be part of the team,” Pelissero added. *“They have him under contract for two more years....
