Wasteful Myles Garrett must quit amateur Browns and force trade to NFC East Super Bowl contender

Myles Garrett’s Instagram bio reads, “My life is my message.”

That’s strong — especially considering that Garrett is wasting his Hall of Fame talent on the Cleveland Browns.

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Time for Garrett to leave Browns behind

Another year, another round of Garrett trade rumors.

This time, the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year and newly crowned NFL single-season sack leader is intentionally missing the Browns’ offseason workouts just as the trade market is starting to heat up.

Garrett could forfeit $1 million if he continues to stay away from a team that went 5-12 last season and has never been to the Super Bowl.

It would be much easier — and financially beneficial to Garrett — if the five-time All-Pro and two-time Defensive Player of the Year simply admitted what the rest of the NFL knows.

He’s too good to be stuck with the Browns and this is the perfect time for the former No. 1 overall draft pick (Texas A&M) to demand a trade.

Jerry Jones‘ $13 billion Dallas Cowboys badly need a real defense, and Jones has already told the world he’s willing to wheel-and-deal before April is over.

During an offseason when Maxx Crosby almost became a Baltimore Raven, Jones could take over the 2026 NFL Draft by gifting Garrett a first-class ticket out of Cleveland.

Imagine Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb, George Pickens and the No. 2 offense in the league suddenly backed by a super-intense defensive end who has 125.5 career sacks and could finish his NFL career as the league’s all-time sack leader.

Cleveland held back by QB problems

The Philadelphia Eagles don’t know if they want Jalen Hurts as their long-term quarterback, the New York Giants are adjusting to life with new head coach John Harbaugh and the Washington Commanders are coming off a 5-12 season in which Jayden Daniels couldn’t stay healthy.

Garrett wants to stick around as a Brown with a rookie head coach (Todd Monken) and another looming QB battle that lacks a legit No. 1 starter?

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He’d be better off acknowledging that he has no interest in winning a Super Bowl and doesn’t want to be considered one of the all-time greats.

“As a kid dreaming of the NFL, all I focused on was the ultimate goal of winning a Super Bowl — and that goal fuels me today more than ever,” Garrett posted in February 2025. “My love for the community of Northeast Ohio and the incredible fanbase of the Cleveland Browns has made this one of the toughest decisions of my life. These past eight years have shaped me into the man that I am today.

“While I’ve loved calling this city my home, my desire to win and compete on the biggest stages won’t allow me to be complacent. The goal was never to go from Cleveland to Canton, it has always been to compete for and win a Super Bowl.

“With that in mind, I have requested to be traded from the Cleveland Browns.”

Hard to win a Super Bowl in Cleveland

He followed up those words by indulging in a look-at-me media tour during the Super Bowl, then oddly backtracked and one month later accepted a record-setting $160m extension that made him the highest-paid non-QB in NFL history.

Then Garrett made more sack history while winning just five games, and watched Cleveland bounce between Joe Flacco, Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders at QB before Kevin Stefanski was fired.

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Deshaun Watson isn’t winning the Super Bowl as a hometown hero for the Browns next year with a rookie coach.

“Myles will be ready. ​I’m not worried about Myles,” Monken said this week. “This is voluntary for ​our players to be here. I think if you asked ⁠every coach in the NFL, would they like every player to be ​there? Of course.”

So where does Garrett think all of this is really going, as he stays away from his team and hints at another trade?

He’d look sharper in Philadelphia Eagles green and inspire Brock Purdy’s 49ers in San Francisco.

On Garrett’s Instagram page, ‘Greatness Never Rests’ shares photo space with ‘Another One for the Trophy Case’ and an ad for a fast-food company.

That’s his nine-year NFL career in a nutshell.

Does Garrett really want to win in NFL?

He’s produced personal athletic greatness while wasting his talent for one of the most dysfunctional teams in the league — and promoted the dysfunction.

Of course, Jones’ Cowboys love drama and often turn on themselves.

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But Garrett could be the defensive king of Dallas and shake up the NFL with one bold move, joining the playoff-ready Cowboys before training camp begins.

He’s strong enough to collect 23 sacks in a year and celebrate the record by becoming part of the Jordan Brand.

Yet the playoffs come and go annually without Garrett, and he’s no closer to a world championship that should define a legendary career.

It’s time for a blockbuster trade — if he really wants to win in the NFL.

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