Dawgs By Nature
The talented future Hall of Famer has stated he wants out of Cleveland
It was quite a shock to everyone who covers the team or cheers for the Cleveland Browns on Monday, February 3 when All-World defensive end and elite pass rusher Myles Garrett announced that he would like to seek a trade out of Cleveland and suit up for a playoff team instead.
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Since his revelation to bolt the Browns, a lot has been written about the subject. His impending departure was the lead conversation on every sports radio show. The talk was both pro and con about Garrett leaving, and if so, what teams would be the most interested in obtaining his services.
That is all fine and good. Maybe the Browns should grant his request and allow him to go to a club that is either in the Super Bowl or was just on the edge of competing in the big game.
Understand this: the Browns own his football rights. They possess a valid contract with him in which he has two years remaining that will pay him $20 million this upcoming season and $25 million in 2026.
Currently, Garrett has more money than he can spend. That $45 million is great and all, but it will just sit in an account like the rest of his unspent millions. He drives a nice car, but he doesn’t own a fleet. He lives in a five-bedroom, five-bathroom, 4,500-square-foot house in Wadsworth, Ohio. But even that isn’t a sprawling mansion like other high-profile athletes’ purchase. His house only has a value of $1.49 million - not $14 million or $40 million as you might have expected.
QB Aaron Rodgers owns four mansions in four states, for example. Garrett may not have Rodger’s net worth, but he does have a respectable income and doesn’t seem to spend too much or flaunt it. The bottom line is money isn’t an issue in his life.
When the Browns drafted Garrett first overall in the 2017 NFL draft, they could have had QB Patrick Mahomes instead. DE T.J. Watt or RB Christian McCaffrey. However, they chose Garrett. And he has delivered every season.
The realization sank in for Garrett this year. That comprehension was that the Browns weren’t ever going to be a Super Bowl contender as long as he remained a roster member.
And that come-to-Jesus moment hit him this year.
Last season, the Browns made the playoffs, won 11 games, became the highest Wild Card seed, and played one game in the postseason. One situation is firm: you can’t win the Super Bowl if you don’t make the playoffs.
This year, the Browns were outplayed and outmatched right out of the gate by getting blasted by the Dallas Cowboys, who, as the schedule of games fell off the calendar, proved to be a mediocre team. Losses to some of the NFL’s worst teams such...
