'You Chose the Money': Jared Allen Says ‘Frustrated’ Myles Garrett Has Nobody Else But Himself to Blame for His Plight
Back in early February, before the Philadelphia Eagles’ victory at Super Bowl LIX had even occurred, Myles Garrett decided to officially request that he be traded from the Cleveland Browns. According to the star pass rusher, he had Super Bowl aspirations of his own, and he knew that he wouldn’t be realizing those dreams while wearing orange and brown.
Then Cleveland offered him a $160-million contract, and that ‘desire to win’ promptly disappeared, well, at least for a couple of months anyway. Garrett is still producing at a legendary clip, having recorded five sacks against Drake Maye and the New England Patriots in Week 8.
Nevertheless, the Browns continue to lose games, and the 29-year-old is back to smashing his helmet on the sidelines. According to Jared Allen, however, it’s pretty hard to have any sympathy for Garrett after the world watched him exchange his dreams for cold, hard cash.
“I’m a massive Myles Garrett fan,” Allen prefaced. “But dude, you had your chance, and you chose the money. You knew what you were getting into… I love Stefanski, but Cleveland is Cleveland because, again, they’ve got to fix it up front and figure out what they are going to do at the quarterback position
The Browns have won just five games throughout the past two years, and it doesn’t appear as if things will be turning around anytime soon. At this point in time, Allen now believes that Cleveland should go back and honor Garrett’s original request to be traded to a more competitive team.
“If I’m Cleveland, I’m trading Myles Garrett, I’m trading his contract, and I’m getting as many picks as I possibly can. I’m letting that guy go try to win somewhere and I’m going to try to rebuild my organization. The reality is they are so far away from a championship that he’ll have a gold jacket before they even sniff that
In Allen’s eyes, the sideline helmet smashing is indicative of the fact that Garrett “100% regrets” his decision to sign that gigantic contract extension back in March. He may still have the right to be upset, but no one is obligated in any shape or form to feel bad for him either.
A business decision was made, and it’s proven to be a costly one for both parties. Then again, that’s essentially been the norm in Cleveland for quite some time now.
Until the franchise decides to take itself seriously and clean things up in both the locker room and the front office, the Browns will continue to be the laughing stock of the National Football League along with the likes of the New York Jets and David Tepper’s Carolina Panthers.
NFL 'acknowledges' Reichard's kick hit wire, won't make statistical change
We have some finality to Will Reichard's mysterious field goal miss last week that appeared to hit a camera wire... kind of.
According to NFL analyst Jordan Schultz, Reichard and the Vikings requested that the league remove his missed field goal from the official record books. The league acknowledged it was a missed call but ruled that it would not make the statistical adjustment.
Reichard's miss was a 51-yard attempt that would've tied the score at 17. It missed badly to the right for his first unsuccessful kick of the year after 18 makes between field goals and extra points.
"But other than maybe somebody in the booth alerting me that they saw it, or Will himself is going to be a critical guy in that moment, but a lot of times a kicker is a lot like a golf swing, they're keeping their head down and they might not see it initially," Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell said earlier this week. "He told me he thought he hit it well, and Will doesn't end up that far off line, historically, since our time having him here. But yeah, not really sure what to say on that one other than that was unfortunate if it did happen, and if it didn't, so be it."
The entire situation would've likely had a different reaction if Minnesota had not come back to beat the Browns 21-17. It seems like removing a miss from Reichard's official stats wouldn't change much, but the NFL thinks differently.
Reichard and Minnesota are on bye this week before returning on Sunday, October 19, against the Eagles at home.
