Overview
- Cleveland’s Andrew Berry, speaking Sunday at the NFL owners meeting in Phoenix, said the team is not trading Myles Garrett and called him a career Brown.
- The Browns recently moved Garrett’s option bonuses for 2026–2028 to the week before the regular season and shifted about $8 million of 2029–2030 base pay into bonuses, a tweak that increases timing and cap flexibility.
- Garrett’s contract includes a full no‑trade clause, so any deal would require his approval.
- Despite Cleveland’s stance, analysts continue to float suitors such as the Eagles, 49ers, Cowboys, Bears, Lions, and Patriots, with projections of two to three first‑round picks, and the Browns have backed a rule change to allow trading picks five years out.
- Garrett set the single‑season sack record with 23 in 2025 and won his second Defensive Player of the Year, while the 5‑12 Browns replaced their head coach with Todd Monken, factors that fuel outside interest even as the team insists he stays.