Overview
- Garrett, who rarely attends the Cleveland Browns’ optional workouts, is expected to miss Tuesday’s start of the voluntary offseason program, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported.
- Rapoport said his absence is not a sign of discontent, noting Garrett has followed this routine for years and prefers his own training plan.
- A March amendment to his deal, first detailed by ESPN’s Field Yates, moved option-bonus decisions to a week before the season and changed payment timing, which could make a post–June 1 trade easier on the salary cap.
- General manager Andrew Berry told reporters the team does not plan to trade Garrett and called him a “career Brown,” pushing back on outside speculation.
- Garrett set the NFL single-season sack record with 23 in 2025 and won Defensive Player of the Year, and after requesting a trade in early 2025 he signed a four-year extension worth about $40 million per year with $123 million guaranteed.