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The Buffalo Bills won\u2019t be pulling off a blockbuster trade for Myles Garrett after all.<\/p>\n
The Cleveland Browns this week restructured the contract of their star edge rusher, sparking immediate speculation that he could be hitting the trade block. But an NFL insider quashed the rumors quickly, ending speculation that the Browns are looking to deal Garrett and ending the slim hopes the Bills may have had to land him.<\/p>\n
Myles Garrett Trade Rumors Fade Quickly<\/strong><\/p>\n The Browns sparked the trade speculation when they changed some due dates on Garrett\u2019s contract, giving him a bonus earlier and opening the potential for a trade. As Jason Fitzgerald of Over the Cap reported, the move seemed to be aimed at allowing Cleveland to explore trade possibilities.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Browns don\u2019t gain any cap room by making this move unless they actually changed the option amounts this year,\u201d Fitzgerald wrote. \u201cThey already had the lowest cap charge possible for Garrett, outside of converting some per game bonuses to a signing bonus. All this does is give the team the maximum flexibility to trade Garrett assuming they were to get him to waive a his no trade clause. I guess there is also the soft factor of having everyone on the team have a similar exercise date.\u201d<\/p>\n Appearing on \u201cThe Pat McAfee Show,\u201d ESPN insider Adam Schefter reported that the Browns have no intentions to trade Garrett. Schefter said he spoke to the Browns, and they are \u201c100 percent definitely not trading.\u201d<\/p>\n Bills Seen as Landing Spot for Myles Garrett<\/strong><\/p>\n In the hours after Cleveland\u2019s decision was announced and before Schefter\u2019s clarification, many insiders pointed to the Bills as a logical destination. SI.com\u2019s Conor Orr wrote that landing Garrett would put an exclamation point on the team\u2019s new season and new coaching staff.<\/p>\n \u201cOpening a new stadium has a way of forcing a team to punch the accelerator,\u201d Orr wrote. \u201cWhile Bills fans seemingly need no incentive to support the franchise and have been surviving on heartbreak and provisions stored in the bitter cold snowfall permanently located in their backyards, a Garrett trade could be both a major gift to new head coach Joe Brady and defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard, and a way to ensure that neither tank during their first season, making the impulsive firing of Sean McDermott look ridiculous after McDermott turned the program around.\u201d<\/p>\n Orr added that the Bills appear especially motivated to improve their pass rush, and acquiring Garrett would have been an all-in move.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Bills already moved on Bradley Chubb this offseason, but have been perpetually trying to solve their pass-rushing issues via the veteran market due to late draft picks year after year,\u201d Orr wrote.<\/p>\n The Bills have tried some other big moves to boost their pass rush, signing Von Miller in 2022 and Joey Bosa last year, but still struggled to generate consistent pressure on opposing quarterbacks. That could change with new defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard, who said he wants his team to take a more aggressive approach in generating pressure.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Buffalo Bills won\u2019t be pulling off a blockbuster trade for Myles Garrett after all. The Cleveland Browns this week restructured the contract of their star edge… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\n