While the Browns can say they won the battle by retaining Garrett, Garrett was also a winner as he received a contract larger than any in football history for a player who is not a quarterback.
The extension will pay Garrett forty million per year for each of the next four seasons with one hundred twenty-three million fully guaranteed.
The twenty-nine-year-old Garrett collected fourteen sacks last season, making him the first player to post four consecutive seasons of fourteen sacks or more/
Garrett also became the youngest player to reach one hundred sacks in a career.
The Browns aren't expected to make any splashy signings in the free agency period, which starts on Monday, due to limited space, keeping Myles Garrett in town and hopefully happy will be the Browns biggest move.
The extension could have some impact on the Browns second overall selection as Cleveland had been rumored to be considering Penn State defensive end/edge rusher Abdul Carter along with a potential quarterback.
While I do like Miami's Cam Ward at quarterback and could live with him as the pick, I'd rather see the Browns tab Carter and allow Garrett and Carter to get after quarterbacks with a pass rush that would put some fear into opposing offensive lines.
Most think that re-signing Garrett is the signal that Andrew Berry is taking a quarterback or trying to build some interest for teams to trade up, but I still wouldn't rule out Carter.
Andrew Berry's drafting has been less than dazzling and it's hard to find a pattern in what he looks for in the draft other than he leans on SEC and Big Ten players more than the other schools and Carter coming from Penn State, I could see Berry making the decision on the defensive end.
Cleveland took care of one problem in making Myles Garrett happy, now the work begins to surround him with talent that could improve an aging team before the next bad run causes Garrett's attitude to sour.
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