Myles Garrett trade rumors shut down by Browns GM Andrew Berry

MOBILE, Ala. — Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry might find himself discussing potential trades with his peers this week during and around Senior Bowl practices, but he affirmed Tuesday that he won’t be talking about defensive end Myles Garrett.

Garrett hinted late in the season that he wouldn’t commit to a long-term future with the Browns until he talked with Berry and other high-ranking officials about the team’s plans to quickly recover from a 3-14 campaign. But Berry told reporters that Cleveland will not be trading Garrett, who’s currently signed through 2026.

“We always have a really good and direct two-way communication with our players (and) we feel really good about Myles, obviously, as a big piece of our future,” Berry said. “We’re looking forward to him being on the field. Like I said in my (early January) press conference, we envision him going from Cleveland to Canton when his career is over.”

Garrett, 29, is again a finalist for the NFL Defensive Player of the Year award, which he won last year. This past season, Garrett became the youngest player to reach 100 career sacks and the first player to record 14 or more sacks in four consecutive seasons.

In December, Garrett said he was not interested in being part of another rebuild and that 2024 was the most disappointing season he’d had, which included Cleveland going 0-16 when Garrett was a rookie in 2017. The Browns started the 2024 season with the most expensive roster in NFL history but spiraled while starting four different quarterbacks and finishing last in points and interceptions thrown.

Garrett might have been angling to become the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history with his comments, and it sounds like he might get his way. Berry previously said he didn’t envision the Browns shedding core players to address their salary-cap issues, and he said here in Mobile he wouldn’t be willing to listen to offers for Garrett — even if those offers included multiple first-round picks.

“I don’t want to go into contract discussions (and) I wouldn’t do that publicly, but I think you can assume that we do anticipate at some point getting (that done),” Berry said. “We want Myles to retire as a Brown.”

Berry and a Browns contingent that includes coach Kevin Stefanski are meeting with and evaluating draft prospects from the sideline of Senior Bowl practices this week. Stefanski doesn’t usually attend the Senior Bowl, but he’s here this year with the Browns back in the quarterback search business and holding the No. 2 pick in April’s draft.

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