Myles Garrett wants to finish his career playing for the Cleveland Browns, but the reigning Defensive Player of the Year will consider finishing his career somewhere else if the team’s plans moving forward doesn’t correlate with his.
Garrett discussed his future on Friday, ahead of Cleveland’s Week 16 AFC North battle with the Cincinnati Bengals. Cleveland (3-11) has been eliminated from the playoffs, a fact that clearly doesn’t sit well with Garrett, who has made the playoffs just twice during his eight seasons in Cleveland.
“Well, for me, I mean first of all I want to win. I want the Browns to be able to put me and us in position to win,” Garrett said, via Cleveland.com. “I’m not trying to rebuild. I’m trying to win right now. I want that to be apparent, when the season’s over and we have those discussions, I want them to be able to illuminate that for me, illustrate that for me, so that can be something that I can see in the near future. Because that’s all we want to do.”
“I mean, it’s a possibility, but I want to be a Cleveland Brown,” he said. “I want to play here, play my career here. But if we choose to do a rebuild and it’s two, three, four years out, I want to be able to compete and play at a high level, play meaningful games and be playing past January.”
Garrett has already put together a Hall of Fame career. The No. 1 overall pick from the 2017 Draft has tallied 99.5 sacks, 20 forced fumbles and 110 tackles for a loss. Last year, Garrett became the first player in Browns history to win Defensive Player of the Year.
This will be an interesting situation to monitor this offseason.
