Myles Garrett Traded to Rams in NFL Offseason Blockbuster: What Cleveland and Los Angeles Got
The Cleveland Browns just blew up the NFL offseason. On Monday they traded four-time Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett to the Los Angeles Rams, and the package coming back is one of the wildest in recent memory.
According to multiple reports, the Browns are getting edge rusher Jared Verse and a haul of draft picks. The Rams take on Garrett’s massive four-year, $160 million extension that he signed last offseason. Cleveland gets a 23-year-old pass rusher with All-Pro upside plus the picks to start rebuilding a roster that has clearly run out of road.
This is the kind of trade that rewrites the AFC and NFC pecking order in one move.
Los Angeles is going all in. Sean McVay and Les Snead have always lived by the F-em-picks gospel, and pairing Garrett with Aaron Donald’s heir apparent Kobie Turner gives them the most disruptive interior-edge combo in football. The Rams now have a defensive line that can absolutely flatten Brock Purdy, Jayden Daniels, or whoever else stands in their way in the NFC.
Cleveland’s side is harder to celebrate, but it makes sense. The Browns have been spinning their wheels since the Deshaun Watson contract turned into one of the worst commitments in modern NFL history. Garrett kept showing up and dragging this defense to relevance on his own. He clearly wanted out, and Cleveland finally gave it to him.
Verse is the prize from this Browns side. The 2024 first-rounder out of Florida State had a strong rookie year before settling into a steady role. He is not Garrett. Nobody is Garrett. But he is a real building block on a rookie deal, which is exactly what Cleveland needs while everything else gets sorted out.
The draft capital is what makes the deal palatable. Sources have suggested multiple high picks are involved across the next two drafts. If the Browns walked away with a 2026 first and a 2027 first plus Verse, this is a legitimate reset.
Garrett finally gets to play meaningful football. He has been one of the most productive defenders of his era, with multiple double-digit sack seasons and the resume to walk into Canton whenever he hangs it up. He has never sniffed a deep playoff run. That changes the second he puts on a Rams uniform.
The fit is gorgeous. Chris Shula’s defense moves edge rushers all over the formation, and Garrett’s combination of length, bend, and power is exactly the kind of weapon that defensive coordinator wants. Pair him with Turner, Braden Fiske, and a healthy secondary, and the Rams might field the most fearsome defensive line in football.
The Browns just admitted what everyone outside the building has known for two years. They are not close. They needed assets and a fresh start. They got both.
The Rams just told the NFC they are still the team to beat. McVay does not run from these moments. He chases them.
This trade pushes Los Angeles back into Super Bowl conversations and pushes Cleveland into a long-overdue rebuild. Two front offices reading the same room and acting on it. The rest of the league should pay attention.
A longtime sports reporter, Carlos Garcia has written about some of the biggest and most notable athletic events of the last 5 years. He has been credentialed to cover MLS, NBA and MLB games all over the United States. His work has been published on Fox Sports, Bleacher Report, AOL and the Washington Post.
