Browns Advised to Trade Myles Garrett for Monster Draft Haul
The Cleveland Browns are 2-6 heading into the bye week and it’s pretty clear the team is heading nowhere fast this season.
And while it’s not a lock that the Browns will struggle again next year, the franchise is currently auditioning a couple of mid-round rookies in Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders for the job of franchise quarterback and most likely intends to draft another one come April.
Albert Breer of SI on Tuesday, October 28, advised Cleveland to shop superstar pass-rusher Myles Garrett for a return that he believes could be as strong as two first-round picks, a second-round selection and a third-rounder.
“In that scenario, Cleveland would have three first-round picks and two second-rounders in ’26, and a total of 10 picks in the first five rounds, and two first-rounders and five picks in the first three rounds of the ’27 draft,” Breer wrote. “Add that to the core the Browns are starting to build with the 2025 class, and they’re looking at an opportunity to be firing on all cylinders by ’27 or ’28.”
Lions, Colts Among Potential Trade Partners for Myles Garrett
It isn’t out of the realm of possibility that the Browns could land a quarterback-like haul for Garrett, who turns 30 years old at the end of the regular season.
He is under contract through 2030 after inking a four-year extension over the offseason worth $160 million total. He also leads the NFL with 10 sacks after posting a career-high five sacks against the New England Patriots last Sunday.
And therein resides the logic behind Breer’s proposed path for Cleveland. Garrett was that dominant and it didn’t matter at all, as the Browns still lost by 19 points on the road to a team that picked third in the draft in 2024. Even if Garrett has four or five great seasons in front of him, the Browns’ timeline doesn’t appear to sync up with the majority of his projected production, which makes paying him such a steep salary somewhat pointless.
Another team like the Detroit Lions or the Indianapolis Colts with legitimate need at the position and a chance to win right now is a more sensible fit for Garrett, while the draft capital such a franchise could send Cleveland would better serve a rebuild that has seen the team already pluck five starters out of its 2025 class.
Browns Can Get Peak Value by Trading Myles Garrett Now
The Browns have been adamant about not trading Garrett, but stubbornness in this regard may not serve them.
Breer pointed out that the roster is feeling the worst effects of the Deshaun Watson trade now, as the three first-round picks (plus other draft assets) Cleveland sent the Houston Texans would all be coming into their own. And there may be something to the theory that general manager Andrew Berry doesn’t want to be the guy who traded for and paid Watson, two historical blunders, as well as the guy who traded away a future Hall of Fame defensive end in Garrett.
The longer Cleveland waits, the more Garrett’s value could drop, which is why Breer argued the team should move now ahead of the league’s November 4 trade deadline.
“In the midst of a lost season, this would be the time to make the move. Garrett’s still at the top of his game. There’d be a big market for him, with a contract that’s relatively manageable with his bonus money paid out,” Breer wrote. “Yes, there’d be a cap acceleration that’d be tough to swallow (around $45 million) for Cleveland, but if there’s a time to take that sort of medicine, I’d argue that it’s probably now.”
If you could fire Bengals’ Duke Tobin or Zac Taylor, who would be your pick?
Yet again, Bengals fans are left wondering where this team went wrong.
Following Sunday’s debacle vs. the previously 0-7 New York Jets, things are as bleak as they’ve been in recent memory. While this team still theoretically has a path to the playoffs in a struggling AFC North, it feels like the future of this team isn’t anything beyond being a one-and-done playoff berth, even if Joe Burrow comes back healthy.
This defense has the potential to be one of the worst units in franchise history. Looking at this team’s lack of success in the NFL Draft, it’s easy to see why things have gotten so bad, and de facto GM Duke Tobin is a big part of that.
However, significant blame also lies with head coach Zac Taylor, as there’s simply no excuse for this team to be capable of beating the division-leading Steelers, only to lose to a winless Jets team that was without arguably its best players, Sauce Gardner and Garrett Wilson.
Plus, Taylor has a big hand in who the Bengals draft, including epic third-round bust Jermaine Burton, a player who’s yet to appear in a game this year.
So, if given the choice to fire one of these men, who are you going with, and why? Sound off in the poll below and in the comments section!
