Less than a week later, the Browns received Garrett's thoughts on the matter, as he not only requested a trade from the team but added that his goal "was never to go from Cleveland to Canton but to compete for and win a Super Bowl"
The Browns hold some of the cards here as Garrett is signed through 2027 but by going public with his request, Garrett took away some of the Browns leverage in shopping his services.
Garrett also slapped the Browns and Andrew Berry in particular in the face by using the same phrase Berry used only days before in describing why Garrett was staying in Cleveland.
Andrew Berry is lucky to have a job after creating this mess and somehow is receiving a chance to fix it (or make it worse) now has been emasculated in public as Garrett mocked Berry with his own words.
The Browns would take a massive salary cap hit in dead money should they trade Garrett and the best thing for cap reasons would be for the Browns to sign Garrett to a renegotiated contract extension.
Wave the money at Garrett and see if that makes his problems better.
If not you try to bring in as much as possible for him in trade, preferably picks in the 2026 draft, and hope for the best.
I've seen many in the Cleveland media state that Andrew Berry should be fired immediately for being the man who traded for DeShaun Watson and the man who traded Myles Garrett or that his seat is now even hotter than it already was.
I beg to differ.
I believe that trading Myles Garrett may help Andrew Berry and Kevin Stefanski as they will have the built-in excuse of "How could we be expected to succeed without our best player?" and they should have the right and another draft to show progress.
Jimmy Haslam is very fond of Andrew Berry and while Berry should have been removed already, don't be surprised if we are here in January 2026 with Andrew Berry and Kevin Stefanski preparing for one more " all in" season.
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