Myles Garrett is frustrated. The Cleveland Browns are frustrated. But at least the latter is committed to remaining frustrated together. According to Adam Schefter, the team continues to refuse to even entertain a trade. After all, if they refused one before giving him an enormous extension, why would they accept one now?
On Wednesday, Schefter Tweeted that a source said there is “no chance” the Browns would consider a Myles Garrett trade. The source added, “People have a better chance of winning the lottery.” And I don’t think I have to note that the chances of winning the lottery are…low.
For those wondering if the Browns would consider trading Myles Garrett by Tuesday’s deadline, the answer is, in the words of one source, “No chance.”
Source added: “People have a better chance of winning the lottery.” pic.twitter.com/4R9gNDH8zb
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 29, 2025
After all, Garrett is basically the only thing the Browns have going for them, so trading him would hurt. Not just on the field, but financially. He is the face of the franchise. Unless they plug Shedeur Sanders into the lineup, who would bother coming? They’re not here for Dillon Gabriel, I’ll tell you that much.
Back in February, Myles Garrett formally and publicly requested a trade from the Browns. He said he wanted to win and did not believe he could in Cleveland. He was right, of course, but he still signed a $40 million APY extension. Of course, he doesn’t even crack the top three in salaries already, with T.J. Watt, Micah Parsons, and Aiden Hutchinson passing him.
Garrett is still a pretty decent player, though. For the eighth consecutive season, he has recorded at least 10 sacks. Last week, he recorded five sacks in a single game, breaking a Browns record set by…Myles Garrett.
Even though Garrett is among the best at what he does, it’s not enough to stop the Browns from being a bad football team. They are 2-6 on the season and have only beaten the Dolphins and the Packers (somehow). I still don’t know how that happened, frankly, but they lost their next three games. Then they blew out a hapless Dolphins team whose head coach seems perpetually stoned before New England steamrolled them.
The thing is, this is what Myles Garrett and the Cleveland Browns signed up for, not a trade. They’ve made this bed and now have to lie in it together. He is wasting the prime of his career on a franchise terminally incapable of competence. At this point, Kevin Stefanski’s two Coach of the Year awards feel like an insult. But when you’re so bad for so long, any achievement feels like an epiphany.