{"id":801707,"date":"2026-07-15T11:21:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T11:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/801707\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T11:21:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T11:21:22","slug":"predicting-next-wave-of-nfl-stars-to-request-a-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/801707\/","title":{"rendered":"Predicting Next Wave of NFL Stars to Request a Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the moment the Cleveland Browns traded star edge-rusher Myles Garrett, there were rumblings that the veteran purge would continue\u2014and Denzel Ward’s name came up a lot.<\/p>\n

For his part, Ward told reporters<\/a> after Garrett was traded that he had no desire to be dealt\u2014but he also said that if it were to happen, so be it: <\/p>\n

“I could get traded, but I don’t look too much into that stuff. It’s the nature of the game. Say I do get traded, for me, wherever I’m at that’s where I’m supposed to be. So, if I’m here, I’m supposed to be here. If I go to a different team, that’s where I’m supposed to be. But I love playing for the Cleveland Browns. I want to be here. I’m grateful wherever I’m at, whatever opportunity I get to go play football, that’s what I do.”<\/p>\n

Ward’s feelings about getting dealt could change, though, because extended losing tends to wear on a player. The Browns appear headed for a difficult 2026, and a prolonged rebuild into 2027 would test the patience of any veteran who’s used to winning. <\/p>\n

Ward is an elite player at a premium position who was recently named the league’s seventh-best cornerback in a poll of NFL executives at ESPN<\/a>. But at 29, his prime seasons are limited. If the Browns take several years to get back into true contention, there’s a real chance he will be nearing the latter stages of his prime by the time they are ready to make a serious run. <\/p>\n

As the Browns move through another difficult season, Ward may well decide Garrett was on the right track in believing that a better future lay with a team that wins more consistently. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From the moment the Cleveland Browns traded star edge-rusher Myles Garrett, there were rumblings that the veteran purge…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":801708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-801707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/801708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}