{"id":708392,"date":"2026-06-01T19:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/708392\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T19:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:12:09","slug":"report-cleveland-browns-trade-superstar-de-garrett-to-los-angeles-rams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/708392\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Cleveland Browns trade superstar DE Garrett to Los Angeles Rams"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cleveland Browns<\/a> are trading two-time AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett<\/a> to the Los Angeles Rams<\/a> in a blockbuster deal, three people briefed on the move told The Associated Press on Monday.<\/p>\n

The people spoke on condition of anonymity because the trade has not been finalized.<\/p>\n

The Browns will acquire pass rusher and linebacker Jared Verse<\/a> \u2014 the 2024 AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year \u2014 a 2027 first-round selection and other draft picks that are still being worked out.<\/p>\n

Garrett has not been seen at the team facility during offseason workouts. Head coach Todd Monken said two weeks ago he had not had a face-to-face meeting with Garrett since being hired in late January. Defensive coordinator Mike Rutenberg said last week he had some conversations with Garrett over the phone.<\/p>\n

Garrett was the unanimous choice for Defensive Player of the year last season after he recorded 23 sacks and broke the NFL single-season record. However, Garrett has been frustrated with the Browns\u2019 direction over the past couple seasons. Cleveland is 8-26 the past two years after making the playoffs in 2023.<\/p>\n

Garrett demanded a trade at the end of the 2024 season, but signed a four-year contract extension last March with a total value of $204.8 million that made him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history.<\/p>\n

However, Garrett\u2019s frustration with the team\u2019s direction remained at an all-time high. In March, the Browns and Garrett agreed to modify the contract and defer option payments over the 2026-28 seasons. The first payment of around $10 million was due on May 28, but was moved to near the start of the regular season.<\/p>\n

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AP Pro Football writer Rob Maaddi also contributed to this story.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP NFL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nfl<\/p>\n

Joe Reedy And Greg Beacham, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Browns are trading two-time AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett to the Los…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708393,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[712,49,48,130984,153378,82],"class_list":["post-708392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cleveland-browns-sports-football-team-team-statscom-329","tag-los-angeles-rams-sports-football-team-team-statscom-343","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}