During Friday’s episode of ESPN’s “Get Up,” Tannenbaum proposed a trade that would send Garrett to the Detroit Lions for three first-round picks and running back Jahmyr Gibbs, the team’s first-round pick last season.
“They really need a pass rusher. Aidan Hutchinson may return, but Garrett is still young and in the prime of his career. If I were Detroit, I could win the Super Bowl. Jahmyr Gibbs is a decent player, but he is replaceable. These are going to be low-picks. Why wouldn’t they win the Super Bowl with Myles Garrett?
Tannenbaum’s proposition prompted a number of his panellists to jump up and leave the stage, scoffing at the concept. According to Bart Scott, the Lions may target another Browns pass-rusher without sacrificing a historic haul.
“Right teams, wrong player,” Scott added. “Go get Za’Darius Smith. You can ask him for a box of Kool-Aid.”
Tannenbaum defended his position, stating that Garrett is the best non-quarterback in the NFL right now. While his trade proposal was outrageous, he may not have been entirely wrong. Garrett, the reigning Defensive Player of the Year, has been a force on the edge since joining the league.
Garrett has 92.5 sacks over eight seasons, all with the Browns. He’s had double-digit sacks every season save his first year, when he appeared in only 11 games.
Browns DE Za’Darius Smith is aware of trade rumours.
Regardless of the Browns’ 2-6 record, Garrett is unlikely to be traded at the November 5 trade deadline. Smith, on the other hand, has been one of the most notable names to appear in trade rumours.
“Shoot, man, that’s not in my control,” Smith told Cleveland.com about the trade rumours on Thursday. “I have no control over that. I understand that’s an AB push (GM Andrew Berry).”
Before last season, the Browns traded for Smith. The Browns acquired Smith, a 2025 sixth-round pick and a 2025 seventh-round pick from the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for two fifth-round picks.
Smith got five sacks last season, a total he’s nearly matched after eight games this season. He inked a two-year, $23.5 million contract to stay in Cleveland this offseason.
“I feel like getting traded (here) last year was me just getting my feet wet,” Smith claimed. “Obviously, I played in a 3-4 system my entire career. And before coming here and switching to a 4-3, I was more of a react-attacker. And now I’m an attack-reaction type guy. So it was a little new to me at first, but I’m getting used to it. And as you can see, I’m making more plays now.”
The Browns value Za’Darius Smith as a defensive leader.
The Browns are unlikely to sever ways with Smith quickly. He has emerged as a vital defensive leader, and Cleveland will need all of their strength to turn their season around.
“I don’t think many people realize what kind of leader he is in the room with us. And then just the intensity that he brings, and another guy who’s just a professional, he attacks every single day with purpose and with the game plan in mind,” Browns defensive line coach Jacques Cesaire said this week. “And so when you’ve got a guy like that that’s out there that he can set the edge, he can rush, he still has tons of juice in his legs, it makes you feel a lot better knowing that again, there’s going to be six hands put on Myles Garrett every play.”
However, Cleveland’s willingness to move Amari Cooper – their best wide receiver — demonstrates that, for the proper price, no one is untouchable.
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