{"id":270556,"date":"2026-03-26T15:33:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=270556"},"modified":"2026-03-26T15:33:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:33:26","slug":"browns-expected-to-trade-seven-time-pro-bowler-after-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2026\/03\/26\/browns-expected-to-trade-seven-time-pro-bowler-after-latest-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Browns Expected to Trade Seven-Time Pro Bowler After Latest News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In time for the 2026 NFL Draft next month, the Cleveland Browns have reworked the contract of All-Pro Myles Garrett, which likely signals the team is preparing to trade him. With the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/48306607\/sources-browns-myles-garrett-modify-language-contract\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new modified contract<\/a>, both sides have agreed to push the bonuses of the reigning Defensive Player of the Year to seven days before the start of the regular season. Last offseason, Garrett requested a trade, but the team gave him a deal he couldn&#8217;t turn down after agreeing to a four-year, $160 million extension. The Browns haven&#8217;t indicated that Garrett is available, but they&#8217;ve made it easier for teams to inquire about the defensive end.<\/p>\n<p>Selected in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft, the former Texas A&amp;M product is still arguably the best pass-rusher in the league. Other than <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2026\/03\/11\/will-detroit-lions-re-enter-the-maxx-crosby-sweepstakes\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Maxx Crosby<\/a> and Trey Hendrickson, Garrett tops the list, breaking the single-season sack record set by the Steelers&#8217; T.J. Watt previously. However, it&#8217;s time for Garrett to find a home where he can win a championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"max-width: 600px\"><smartframe-embed class=\"smartframe_wp_element\" customer-id=\"b0c95bc04383cef69c6b47df872135cf\" image-id=\"WmOB1RdatU1h\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 6240px; aspect-ratio: 6240\/3512;\" ><\/smartframe-embed><\/p>\n<h2>Browns Expected to Trade Seven-Time Pro Bowler Myles Garrett After Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Garrett has made it clear in a previous season that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.profootballrumors.com\/2026\/01\/browns-de-myles-garrett-committed-to-winning-not-rebuilding\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he wants to win sooner rather than later<\/a>. Unfortunately for Cleveland, the team is not in the right space to win football games after hiring new head coach Todd Monken. This means the team is nowhere near being a postseason contender, and if they&#8217;re rebuilding once again, Garrett most likely doesn&#8217;t want to be a part of that.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old isn&#8217;t getting any younger, so the Browns have to act quickly to fetch the best draft capital from a team. It&#8217;s probably why the Browns were flexible to adjust Garrett&#8217;s contract, and these three teams are likely the top fits for the defensive end.<\/p>\n<h2>Best Available Fits<\/h2>\n<h3>Dallas Cowboys<\/h3>\n<p>This might be Jerry Jones&#8217; moment to pull the ultimate trigger next month. The Cowboys <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/sports\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys-made-strong-push-for-maxx-crosby-but-fell-short\/ar-AA1ZoinW#:~:text=wide%20scrutiny%20followed-,While%20Baltimore%20ultimately%20won%20the%20initial%20bidding%20war%2C%20the%20Dallas,were%20heavily%20involved%20throughout%20negotiations.&amp;text=GreenSprout-,Still%2C%20none%20of%20those%20matched%20Baltimore&#039;s%20two%20first%2Dround%20picks,the%20Raiders&#039;%20original%20decision%20easy.\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly pushed hard for Crosby<\/a>, but since he&#8217;s staying in Las Vegas, the team could turn its attention to Garrett. Dallas traded <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021\/02\/20\/2021-nfl-draft-profile-osa-odighizuwa\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Osa Odighizuwa<\/a> and Solomon Thomas for draft capital, which suggests the team will make a trade at least during Night 1 of the draft. However, the Cowboys will most likely need to increase their offer for Garrett, given his stability and health.<\/p>\n<p>Jones hasn&#8217;t been the same as everyone remembers. If he has to &#8220;bust the budget&#8221; to get this team into the Super Bowl conversation, he will do that by bringing in Garrett as the new member of the organization.<\/p>\n<h3>New England Patriots<\/h3>\n<p>Meanwhile, nobody should sleep on head coach Mike Vrabel. The Patriots&#8217; defense was solid, led by <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021\/03\/26\/2021-nfl-draft-profile-milton-williams\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Milton Williams<\/a>, Harold Landry and now they&#8217;ve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/sports\/new-england-patriots\/2026\/03\/11\/dremont-jones-patriots\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">brought in Dre&#8217;Mont Jones via free agency<\/a> this offseason. Unfortunately, the team likely will cut Landry due to injury concerns. This would open the door for the Patriots to make a strong push for Garrett. The team wants to keep the Super Bowl window wide open for years, led by quarterback Drake Maye.<\/p>\n<h3>Philadelphia Eagles<\/h3>\n<p>Another team that will likely be aggressive is the Philadelphia Eagles. The team lost one of their better edge-rushers, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2026\/02\/18\/will-the-eagles-be-able-to-retain-jaelan-phillips-in-free-agency\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Jaelan Phillips<\/a>, to the Carolina Panthers. With that, expect GM Howie Roseman to push hard for the Defensive Player of the Year. It wasn&#8217;t too long before the Eagles won with a defensive-laden team, a couple of seasons ago, against Patrick Mahomes in the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cleveland Browns have reworked the contract of All-Pro Myles Garrett, which could signal they are preparing to trade him. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4795,"featured_media":270562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":true,"sfio_embed_code":"<smartframe-embed customer-id=\"b0c95bc04383cef69c6b47df872135cf\" image-id=\"WmOBU2cELhaF\" style=\"width: 100%;max-width: 6240px;aspect-ratio: 6240\/3512\"><\/smartframe-embed><!-- https:\/\/smartframe.io\/embedding-support -->","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,8,19,5,6431,21],"tags":[7809,7422,8436,7576,32193,5855,1472,7394,246,7595,7393],"class_list":["post-270556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-browns","category-cowboys","category-patriots","category-nfl-teams","category-eagles","tag-cleveland-browns-news","tag-dallas-cowboys-news","tag-dremont-jones","tag-jaelan-phillips","tag-lastest-nfl-news","tag-maxx-crosby","tag-myles-garrett","tag-new-england-patriots-news","tag-nfl-news","tag-osa-odighizuwa","tag-philadelphia-eagles-news"],"modified_by":"Anthony Palacios","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270556"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":270568,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270556\/revisions\/270568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}