On Sunday, despite the incompetence around him, Browns star Myles Garrett put forth a monster day in which he recorded a career-high five sacks, only the 20th time in NFL history a player has brought down a quarterback that many times in a game. The Browns lost, 32-13, but in the wake of that showing, former Patriots star linebacker Rob Ninkovich had a message for Garrett.
And he delivered it personally. Yes, Ninkovich–who played for eight seasons in New England and won two Super Bowls–messaged Garrett on the sly to get him to push for a trade to the current AFC East leaders.
“How about we go and get a guy who just had five sacks against us?” Ninkovich said on the Boston radio station WEEI. “I slid into his DMs. I said to him, ‘Get to New England, brother, and help this place get back to the championship.’”
Browns Just Gave Out Mega-Contract
Of course, the Browns have been clear about their stance on trading away Garrett, and despite some fever dreams in a variety of places where a star sack-master could be of use, that’s not changing. Garrett just signed a record-setting four-year, $160 million contract in the offseason, a deal that made him the centerpiece of one of the league’s best defenses going forward.
Sure, the Browns could get a massive draft haul for Garrett, with at least two first-round picks, plus, perhaps, a player and a second-day pick coming back to a Cleveland team that needs to rebuild.
Browns Have ‘Zero Chance’ of Trading Away Myles Garrett
But if there is a time when trading Garrett makes sense, it’s not now, when the Browns would be taking on $20 million in dead cap this year, per Sportrac, and $40 million next year.
Cleveland.com beat writer Mary Kay Cabot all but put the nails in the coffin of any potential Garrett trade when she wrote on Wednesday, “There’s ‘zero chance’ of that happening, a league source tells cleveland.com. In fact, it hasn’t been discussed.”
Myles Garrett Admits Frustration
Still, Garrett’s frustration with his team is obvious, and was crystallized on Sunday when he slammed his helmet on the sideline late in the game, then finished the game apart from his teammates, on one knee.
After the game, Garrett was not happy with not being on the field late in the game.
“Frustrated,” he said. “I want to win. No matter how much time is on the clock, they got their starters in, there’s a chance we can win, I want to be a part of that. I don’t care how dire the situation looks. I want to try to make something happen, so I hate coming out in a situation, I hate that kind of inevitability. And not being able to do anything about it.”
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