Browns Unlikely to Trade Myles Garrett

Myles Garrett demanded a trade in February but rescinded that demand after signing a four-year, $160 million extension with the Cleveland Browns in March. Despite a franchise-record five-sack performance in Week 8 and Cleveland’s 2–6 record, multiple outlets report there is effectively no chance the Browns will move Garrett before the NFL trade deadline. Team and league sources say trading Garrett would be made difficult by contractual and cap hurdles, including a large potential dead-cap charge widely reported at roughly $68 million, Deshaun Watson’s guaranteed salary, and Garrett’s no-trade protections. Analysts are split: some argue trading him could net multiple first-round picks to accelerate a rebuild, while others contend the Browns would be far worse without their elite pass rusher and that dealing him now would amount to tanking. Garrett remains one of the NFL’s top pass rushers and has shown visible frustration amid the team’s struggles, drawing both public criticism and praise from league figures and former players. The reporting consensus is that, for the near term, Garrett is likely to remain in Cleveland, though speculation about his future has not fully subsided.