'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.
Patrick Mahomes Shares Scary Thought About Chiefs Offense After Week 8
After the Kansas City Chiefs routed the Washington Commanders on Monday Night Football, quarterback Patrick Mahomes shared a simple thought about the current KC offense entering Week 9, and it should terrify the rest of the NFL.
While talking about bouncing back from penalties to finish drives and consistently put points on the board, Mahomes revealed the following.
“It speaks to the mindset [that] this team has,” the Chiefs QB said during his Week 8 postgame press conference. “That’s kind of the mindset that I had early in my career — that the penalties weren’t going to affect us, we were going to go out there and score no matter what.”
As a reminder, earlier in his career, Mahomes led one of the most prolific offenses in the NFL year after year, including two 5,000-yard passing seasons and one campaign with 50 passing touchdowns in 2018.
Mahomes is not quite on that sort of pace in 2025, but he has only just gotten his full complement of playmakers back, with star wide receiver Rashee Rice returning in Week 7. Needless to say, if he and this current KC offense can mirror 2018 down the stretch, that’s a scary thought for the rest of the league.
Chiefs Offense Turns It Up a Notch in the Second Half in Week 8 as Patrick Mahomes & Co. Match Commanders’ Energy
After the game, Mahomes admitted that he felt the Chiefs’ offense didn’t match the Commanders’ energy in the first half of the Week 8 Monday Night Football outing. That’s fair, considering it was a 7-7 scoreline entering the break.
From there, Kansas City promptly closed the game out with 21 unanswered points and three Mahomes passing touchdowns.
“When we got in the locker room, we just talked about executing, you know?” Mahomes told reporters. “Sometimes you want to press and make stuff happen, especially in a big game like Monday Night Football… They had more energy than we did; their defense versus our offense, and so we had to match their energy and execute at a higher level. And we were able to do that in the second half. It started off with that first drive, and then we kind of continued that momentum through the rest of the second half.”
The Chiefs’ offense really displayed its true potential in quarters three and four, facing the Commanders.
Whether it was Travis Kelce getting loose in the secondary, Rice gashing the opposition, Isiah Pacheco hammering the defensive front, Kareem Hunt leaking out in the passing game, or Xavier Worthy bringing his speed element, KC was firing on all cylinders.
And they didn’t even utilize a couple of early-season playmakers like Hollywood Brown and Tyquan Thornton all that much.
This Chiefs offense is more diverse and more dynamic than it has been in a long time, and more than anything else, that speaks volumes. Mahomes sees it, and soon the rest of the NFL will, too.
Chiefs’ Offensive Leaders in Week 8
GettyKansas City Chiefs veteran playmakers Kareem Hunt (left) and Travis Kelce (right) celebrate a touchdown in Week 8.
Kelce led the way in receiving yards in Week 8, finishing just 1 yard shy of 100 (6 for 99). He also caught a historic touchdown to add to his Hall of Fame career.
After a somewhat slow start in the first half, Rice nearly matched Kelce in yardage by the end of the game, with 93 receiving yards off 9 catches. Rice also notched another TD.
Worthy was next with 5 catches for 53 yards, and veteran JuJu Smith-Schuster got on the board with 2 receptions for 29 yards, as did backup tight end Noah Gray (2 for 23).
Finally, Pacheco rushed for 58 yards on 12 carries, while Hunt added 40 rushing yards on 9 carries. Hunt finished with 2 touchdowns in this outing, 1 rushing and 1 receiving, and Mahomes finished with 299 passing yards and 3 touchdowns despite 2 early interceptions.
The Chiefs’ next matchup is a big one, as Kansas City will head to northern New York to face the AFC rival Buffalo Bills in enemy territory.
