The Myles Garrett trade saga for the Cleveland Browns continues to heat to a boil.
With the Browns and GM Andrew Berry dug in on having no plans to move their star defensive end, Garrett is attempting to go above them. According to a report from NFL Insider Tom Pelissero, Garrett requested a meeting with Cleveland owner Jimmy Haslam, and is reportedly willing to sit out games if he’s not moved by the Browns.
Myles Garrett has made clear since the end of last season that he wants to continue his hall of fame career elsewhere.
The #Browns organization — from ownership to GM to coach — is aligned on its offseason plan, which does not include trading Myles Garrett.
Stay tuned. https://t.co/Cz1geXCPbS
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) March 7, 2025
Last week at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Berry reiterated the plan that the Browns have no interest in moving Garrett, being unwilling to engage in trade talks and instead wanting to sign Garrett to an extension to make him the highest-paid defensive player in league history.
During the Combine, a report surfaced from Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot that Garrett would be willing to stay with the Browns if he was paid $40 million per year, but that same day Cabot had another report that stated Garrett was “not open” to a contract extension with Cleveland and reiterated his trade request.
“Myles Garrett is ‘not open to’ a contract extension with the Browns, a league source told cleveland.com on Thursday,” Cabot wrote. “Normally, Browns GM Andrew Berry meets with agents here at the NFL Combine about such matters, but Garrett and his camp have slammed the door shut on negotiations.
“Garrett has requested a trade from the Browns so he can go elsewhere to win a Super Bowl, and he’s adamantly stated it’s not about the money.”
Garrett, who won the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year award in 2023 over Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker T.J. Watt, requested a trade on Feb. 3.Garrett stated a desire to win, something he has not done much of in Cleveland since being the No. 1 overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft out of Texas A&M.
Across eight seasons with the Browns, Garrett has put together a Hall of Fame resume, recording 102.5 sacks and becoming the youngest player in NFL history to 100 career sacks.
In his official trade request, which he made public on Twitter on Feb. 3, Garrett cited a desire to win and compete for Super Bowls, something he hasn’t done during his time in Cleveland after being the No. 1 overall pick out of Texas A&M in the 2017 NFL Draft.
“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 in his statement requesting a trade from the Browns. “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.”
Seems like this saga could drag on into training camp, and could get very, very ugly in the process.
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