The standoff between six-time Professional Bowler Myles Garrett and the Cleveland Browns reached new heights this week as studies surfaced a couple of assembly that finally didn’t occur.
Final month, the star cross rusher lately knowledgeable the Browns of his want to be traded to a different group. Garrett then requested to fulfill with Browns proprietor Jimmy Haslam.
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Cleveland Browns defensive finish Myles Garrett, left, talks with the group’s managing and principal accomplice Jimmy Haslam earlier than the sport towards the Philadelphia Eagles at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland on Aug 21, 2022. (Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports activities)
However in accordance with NFL Community, Haslam rejected the request to fulfill with Garrett. Haslam then pointed Garrett within the route of Browns normal supervisor Andrew Barry, per Cleveland.com.
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In a press release asserting his commerce request, Garrett stated he most popular to land with a contender subsequent season. “The goal was never to go from Cleveland to Canton, it has always been to compete for and win a Super Bowl,” he stated.
Garrett doubled down on these sentiments and concluded they weren’t “aligned” with the route of the franchise.
Myles Garrett of the Cleveland Browns seems on earlier than the sport towards the Jacksonville Jaguars at Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland on Dec. 10, 2023. (Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Photographs)
“I have a lot of love for Cleveland, but it’s always for me been about [competing] for championships, winning those big games and winning Lombardis,” Garrett informed NFL Community in February. “We haven’t had the opportunity to do that. That’s all I’m asking for.”
“It’s not a decision I take lightly,” Garrett stated. “It took time and lots of conversation, but just looking at the trajectory of the team, talking to some of the higher-ups… I have a lot of respect for them, but I just don’t think we’re aligned on where the team is going in the near future.”
Myles Garrett of the Cleveland Browns runs onto the sector at halftime of the sport towards the New York Jets at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland on Sept. 18, 2022. (Nick Cammett/Diamond Photographs by way of Getty Photographs)
The Browns completed final season with a 3-14 report and face uncertainty on the quarterback place as Deshaun Watson rehabs after lately tearing his Achilles tendon for the second time. Watson initially tore his proper Achilles in October.
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The Browns’ brass have acknowledged that they might not commerce the 2023 NFL Defensive Participant of the Yr. Head coach Kevin Stefanski beforehand stated Garrett is “part of the present. He’s part of the future.”
Garrett has two years remaining on his contract with the group.
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