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Miles Garrett's $160M Deal with Browns: Key Takeaways
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3/10/2025
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A trade request early during Super Bowl week, Miles Garrett, the 2023 defensive player of
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the year, one of the most feared defenders in all of the NFL, requested a trade out of
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Cleveland.
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I can't win here.
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This Browns team is in once again in the rebuild.
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I want to contend for Super Bowls to finish out my career.
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And the Browns said, we're not so sure.
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And Miles Garrett said, if you don't trade me, I'm not paying or playing.
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I don't care how much money I miss.
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The Browns then said, how about $40 million per year?
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Miles Garrett said, what?
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All right.
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I'm back in Cleveland, man.
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Let's have a reunion.
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A $40 million per year extension, four year, $160 million deal, 123 and a half mil, fully
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guaranteed.
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The highest paid non quarterback ever in the history of the National Football League was
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once Justin Jefferson.
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Just a week ago, it was Max Crosby, and now it is Miles Garrett sacrificing a chance to
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contend for a Super Bowl for $40 million per year.
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One of the worst owners in professional sports, Jimmy Haslam and the Cleveland Browns just
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bungle every single decision that they could possibly make.
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But let's get into it because there's a couple layers to this.
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And the interesting part was like Miles Garrett saying, look, I made a lot of money already.
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I played for Cleveland.
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We are a horrible franchise with no quarterback and no direction.
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It's not about money.
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I just went out.
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Let's see where he can go.
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And then we see that the owner goes, you know what?
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My player, star player wants to meet with me.
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Maybe he can mend some fences here.
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I'm not going to meet with you at all.
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It harkens back to the Indianapolis Colts.
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You remember Jim Irsa was like, Jonathan Taylor wants a new contract.
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I don't care if he sits the rest of his career.
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I'm never paying that guy.
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And like 24 hours later, it's like, man, this guy's the best running back I've ever seen
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in my life.
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He's a high paying deal.
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This doesn't make any sense on the direction of a franchise based on what you just said.
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Now, understand this.
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This isn't me coming after Miles Garrett.
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He's probably the best pass rusher in the NFL.
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Let's just say here's what happened instead.
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Miles Garrett said, I will not play for the Cleveland Browns.
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Two first round draft picks are traded and he goes to the Buffalo Bills and gets that
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same exact extension from the Bills.
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Standing ovation from these sitting here going like unbelievable move for the Browns, unbelievably
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good move for the Buffalo Bills because why?
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The Bills think they can win a championship and he's the missing piece.
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Now understand this.
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The Cleveland Browns, you are going absolutely nowhere until the Sean Watson's contract is
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completely clear.
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And in the NFL, once you start to hit 30 years old, you are no longer in your prime as an
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NFL player outside of the quarterback position.
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That's just a fact.
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Can he be a serviceable player in two to three years?
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Absolutely.
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Might he be the best player in football once again next year?
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Cleveland, you're not making the playoffs next year.
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And here's where you can trace that with the Seattle Seahawks.
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They won 10 games last year and their ownership group said, you know what?
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You know, I don't think we can win a championship with this team.
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Is that what it's about?
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Like signing Myles Garrett to quarterback money to win you five games a season?
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Like what is the point of that?
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You are best off just saying until Watson's contract is completely clear, let's tear this
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thing down.
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Let's get multiple first rounders and maybe next two to three years we'll get Arch Manning
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as our quarterback.
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We'll rebuild this thing and we'll be a proud franchise for our Cleveland fans.
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I'm sure Cleveland fans that have Myles Garrett jerseys and love Myles Garrett and there's
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a lot of them out there that do.
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But understand this, you didn't help your football team by signing the best overall
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defensive end.
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Why?
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Because you're not winning anything.
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Isn't that the point of professional sports?
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You're either building to win something or you're going backwards to make sure in a few
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years you can then build to win something here.
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One of the worst contract signings I've ever seen for a single sports franchise is Myles
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Garrett.
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And it's not Myles Garrett's fault.
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