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It will take a boatload to pluck Myles Garrett from the hands of the Cleveland Browns. However, several teams might be interested in going in that direction for the defensive end. And here is the perfect trade the San Francisco 49ers must offer the Browns for Garrett.
Garrett said Monday he wants to play elsewhere than with the treading-water Browns organization. The comments came in a statement obtained by NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport, according to nfl.com.
“As a kid dreaming of the NFL, all I focused on was the ultimate goal of winning a Super Bowl — and that goal fuels me today more than ever,” Garrett wrote. “My love for the community of Northeast Ohio and the incredible fanbase of the Cleveland Browns has made this one of the toughest decisions of my life. These past eight years have shaped me into the man that I am today.
“While I’ve loved calling this city my home, my desire to win and compete on the biggest stages won’t allow me to be complacent. The goal was never to go from Cleveland to Canton, it has always been to compete for and win a Super Bowl. With that in mind, I have requested to be traded from the Cleveland Browns.”
Just imagine the terror of NFL offenses having to game plan to face Nick Bosa on one end and Garrett on the other. Every pass play would be an adventure in trying to protect the quarterback.
Of course, the 49ers will have to come up with the right trade. They can’t afford to fall into the trap like the Vikings did back in the day when they set up the Cowboys’ early 1990s Super Bowl by unloading too many draft picks to acquire Herschel Walker.
So the 49ers’ perfect offer should include two first-round picks while getting at least a third-round and fifth-round pick in return. Preferably both of those return picks should be for the 2025 NFL Draft.
From a public standpoint, the Browns said they do not have interest in trading Garrett, according to clevelandbrowns.com
General Manager Andrew Berry said it’s cut and dried. When asked, specifically, “If someone sees you at dinner tonight and says, ‘We’ll give you two ones for Myles do you say I’m not interested?’ ”
Berry said, “Correct. You can put that on the record. “We feel really good about Myles obviously as a big piece of our future. We’re looking forward to him being on the field. Like I said in my (early January) press conference, we envision him going from Cleveland to Canton when his career is over.”
So either Garrett is going nowhere, or the Browns are trying to get even more than two No. 1 picks for him.
And when a potential Super Bowl is hanging in the balance, sometimes teams go the extra mile. The question is whether the Browns’ star puts the 49ers over the top. And the...
