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
GettyCleveland Browns defensive end 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
GettyDefensive end Myles Garrett of the Cleveland Browns.
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.”
Kyle Brandt lost his mind praising Anthony Nelson during ‘Angry Runs’
For the second time in three years, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are heading into their bye week hot off a blowout win over the New Orleans Saints.
Here’s to hoping things go a little better on the other side of it than it did then. Before the Bucs face the toughest stretch of their schedule so far this season, everyone is looking back on how great things went in Week 8.
Specifically how it was one of the best games of Anthony Nelson’s career.
The longtime Buccaneer bashed the Saints on the bayou, finishing Sunday’s game with four tackles, two sacks and a pick-six. It was that last play is the one that continues to stand out and get replayed across social media feeds, as it saw him absolutely embarrass Spencer Rattler with a signature play of the season.
Needless to say, NFL Network’s Angry Runs king, Kyle Brandt, was a fan.
Kyle Brandt honors Anthony Nelson’s Angry Run against the Saints in Week 8
Nelson made the cut as one of this week’s finalists for ‘Angry Runs’, and while he didn’t end up winning he did get a pretty gnarly shoutout from Brandt who lost his mind narrating the play.
😡ANGRY RUNS -- WEEK 8😡
— Good Morning Football (@gmfb) October 27, 2025
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That’s so unbelievably metal — like, seriously. Check out the Wes Borland body double in the background jamming out while Brandt goes catatonic while praising Nelson. It’s a cool little exclamation point on what was by far the best day of Nelson’s career so far.
What made his even better than it otherwise would have been was the fact that he’s been in the mix for so long down in Tampa Bay. He’s never been a starter but he’s managed to carve out such an important role player spot on the roster that the Bucs gave him a $10 million contract this past offseason.
Keep in mind Haason Reddick got around $14 million, and that’s who Nelson was replacing on Sunday.
It was a huge game for one of the most likable players on the team, and so see him get spotlighted by Brandt in such a cool was awesome. It’s yet another example of the Bucs impressing all the right people are they continue to put together an incredibly satisfying season of success.
