Myles Garrett, the Cleveland Browns defensive finish and one of the crucial feared defenders within the NFL, has requested a commerce after eight seasons with the staff.

Garrett, the No. 1 general choose within the 2017 draft, cited profitable as the explanation. The Browns are coming off a 3-14 season.

“Whereas I’ve liked calling this metropolis my house, my want to win and compete on the most important levels received’t permit me to be complacent,” Garrett mentioned in a press release Monday.

“With that in thoughts, I’ve requested to be traded from the Cleveland Browns,” he added.

Garrett, 29, is without doubt one of the most feared move rushers within the NFL. He’s a six-time Professional Bowler, and he was the defensive participant of the yr in 2023.

Garrett has posted double-digit sack totals in all however one season, his rookie yr in 2017. He completed 2024 with 14 sacks and three pressured fumbles.

In his profession, Garrett has 102.5 sacks in 117 video games.

Regardless of his success, Cleveland has not been capable of win constantly within the final eight seasons.

The Browns have made the playoffs solely twice since they drafted Garrett, with just one postseason win. The staff has completed below .500 each season it hasn’t made the playoffs within the final eight years, together with a winless 0-16 marketing campaign in 2017.

In January, basic supervisor Andrew Berry instructed reporters on the Senior Bowl that the franchise was not interested by buying and selling Garrett.

“We really feel actually good about [Garrett], clearly, as an enormous piece of our future,” Berry mentioned. “We’re wanting ahead to him being on the sphere. Like I mentioned in my press convention, we envision him going from Cleveland to Canton when his profession is over.”

Within the wake of Garrett’s request, the staff’s stance on buying and selling him hasn’t modified, NFL Community’s Ian Rapoport reported.

Garrett has two seasons left on a five-year contract extension he signed in 2020.