The Cleveland Browns have said all the right things about keeping Myles Garrett in town. General manager Andrew Berry has repeatedly stated that he wants Garrett to be a Brown for life. Head coach Todd Monken said there was no way he wouldn't want Garrett on the team. Even team owner Jimmy Haslam chimed in.
However, it's impossible to ignore the writing on the wall. The fact of the matter is that, regardless of what Browns leadership has said, reworking Garrett's contract to push back his option bonus payments made his huge contract much more tradable.
Garrett is arguably the best player in the NFL, and it will take an astronomically high offer for the Browns to even consider picking up the phone. Moreover, he still has a no-trade clause in his contract, so that immediately rules out any team without true Super Bowl aspirations.
Considering all that, plus their massive need for help in the pass-rushing department, FanSided's Austen Bundy thinks the Chicago Bears are in a position to outbid everybody. He put together quite a compelling trade proposal, and it would be very, very difficult to turn it down.
The Bears could sell the farm to steal Myles Garrett
In this scenario, the Bears would send a 2026 first-round pick (No. 25), a 2026 second-round pick (No. 60), their 2027 first-round pick, and DE Dayo Odeyingbo in return for Garrett and the Browns' 2026 sixth-rounder (No. 206).
Needless to say, Odeyingbo isn't even remotely close to Garrett, and he's coming off a disappointing campaign that ended with a season-ending injury. That said, the draft haul is just elite.
The Browns got a pretty decent baseline asking price for a potential Myles Garrett trade with the failed Maxx Crosby trade between the Raiders and Ravens. If he went for two first-round picks and Micah Parsons went for two first-round picks and a starting-caliber player, then the Browns absolutely need to get more for the two-time Defensive Player of the Year.
That's not to say that the Browns should look to trade Garrett by any means, but that type of offer, just like him, only comes once in a lifetime. This team is trending in the right direction, but it might not be just one offseason away from being a playoff-caliber squad. Garrett wants to play meaningful football, and trading him might give the Browns the fastest path back to contention.
In this scenario, the Browns could probably even land his replacement, like Texas Tech's David Bailey, and then use picks Nos. 24 and 25 to add a left tackle and a wide receiver. They'd still have two second-round selections to get another pass catcher, or maybe they could go with the best player available.
The Browns struck gold in the second round last year with Quinshon Judkins and Carson Schwesinger. On top of that, they'd get an additional first-rounder in a 2027 class that promises to be absolutely stacked with elite talent at quarterback.
Again, this isn't a case for trading Garrett. If he's happy in Cleveland, there's not even a point in thinking about moving him. But now that his contract is more tradable, the team would have to have a conversation if someone were to show up with an offer like this hypothetical one from the Bears.
Hopefully, the Browns will keep Garrett and give him a chance to win a Super Bowl in Cleveland. If they're going to move him for any reason, it absolutely has to be for this type of haul.