Daniel Oyefusi
Multiple Authors
PHOENIX — The modified language in Myles Garrett‘s contract is unrelated to a potential trade for the NFL’s reigning Defensive Player of the Year, Cleveland Browns basic supervisor Andrew Berry stated Sunday.
In the amended phrases that had been first reported by ESPN’s Field Yates, the date for possibility bonuses to be exercised in Garrett’s contract was pushed again from the fifteenth day of every league yr to seven days earlier than the common season every year. The fee of these bonuses was additionally modified in a means that advantages Garrett. The change would make a trade after June 1, by which the useless cap hit may very well be cut up into the 2026 and 2027 seasons, extra palatable for Cleveland.
Berry didn’t clarify the reasoning for the contract change however stated it was not a precursor to a trade.
“If we wanted to trade Myles, we wouldn’t have needed to make a contract adjustment,” Berry stated from the NFL’s annual assembly. “So it doesn’t have anything to do with that.”
“Myles is a career Brown,” Berry later stated. “He is one of the faces of our organization. I think we’ve been very clear both past and present in terms of our feelings. I understand all the questions. I’ll be honest, I don’t really want to waste a ton more breath on the topic.”
Garrett, 30, agreed to a four-year contract extension final March, ending a standoff with the Browns that began in February 2025 when he had requested a trade from Cleveland. Berry stated Sunday that he believes Garrett and the group are on good phrases.
Garrett was named Defensive Player of the Year final month after setting the NFL’s single-season sack report with 23 final season. He additionally received the award in 2023, when he led the NFL with 33 tackles for loss. He is the ninth participant to win a number of Defensive Player of the Year awards because it was first issued in 1971 and the one energetic participant to accomplish that.
