The Cleveland Browns modified language in Myles Garrett's contract that makes him more tradable, but the organization shot that down.
The timing and modified language of the contract terms that the Cleveland Browns and Myles Garrett agreed to were a bit curious, to say the least, with the natural assumption following that it was setting up the possibility to make Garrett tradable. The modifications were focused on Garrett’s option bonuses that pushed those back from the 15th day of the league year, which would have been March 25, to seven days before the start of the regular season for those bonuses over the next three years. The payment of those bonuses was also altered in a way that was beneficial to Garrett. It did, however, open up the option for a more amenable trade for the Browns if it was post-June 1, which would split the dead cap over the 2026 and 2027 seasons.
However, according to Cleveland general manager Andrew Berry, those actions were taken completely independent of or related to a possible trade. He still didn’t exactly supply the reasoning for the modifications, though, arguing that they wouldn’t have needed to take these steps to trade Garrett. Berry seems confident that the Defensive Player of the Year is in a good place with the franchise and that the four-year extension that they agreed to with Garrett last March shows that he’ll be here for the long haul.
Here is the full story from Browns Roundtable writer Ashish Mathur on Berry’s comments at the NFL’s annual meeting.
Garrett, at 30 years old, is arguably in his prime after setting the NFL’s single season sack record with 23 in his 2025 campaign. The other time he won it was in 2023, when he led the league with 33 tackles for loss. If he were to become available, Garrett would certainly garner a massive market.