Overview
- The Browns opened voluntary OTAs this week and Garrett was not expected to attend, continuing a pattern of skipping offseason team workouts that was reported on Tuesday.
- Garrett already missed a Browns minicamp in April and forfeited a $1 million workout bonus tied to that session.
- Head coach Todd Monken says he still has not met Garrett in person and has had only brief text contact, a detail that has intensified scrutiny over coach-player chemistry.
- A March adjustment to Garrett’s contract that shifted bonus timing has fueled speculation that a trade would be easier from a salary-cap angle, but GM Andrew Berry has publicly denied the tweak signals an intent to trade him.
- Other defensive leaders including Denzel Ward and Grant Delpit also missed OTAs, and the Browns face a clear checkpoint with mandatory minicamp June 9–11 when unexcused absences can trigger fines and make any standoff more consequential.