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Myles Garrett Requests Trade

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    @berniesuperbowl2 said:

    We are not trading Myles Garrett for peanuts. Myles can suck it up and play for the Browns, or hold out. Unless some team is willing to sell the farm for him. Who's a DE away from a Super Bowl? Buffalo comes to mind - they saw how the Eagles beat the Chiefs/refs - put so much pressure on Mahomes that the refs can't bail him out.

    Jimmah declined that meeting.

    https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/44149860/source-browns-owner-declines-meeting-myles-garrett

    I may be in the minority, but I think it's would have been to Jimmy's benefit to have the meeting.

    Instead, he looks like a scared man locked in his suite.

    @ap1 said:

    I may be in the minority, but I think it's would have been to Jimmy's benefit to have the meeting.

    Instead, he looks like a scared man locked in his suite.

    CBS channel 19 in Cleveland reported that Haslam denied the meeting request with Garrett.

    Two things that will define you: Your determination when you have nothing. Your attitude when you have everything. - Mike McCartney
  • Canton DawgC Canton Dawg

    @ap1 said:

    I may be in the minority, but I think it's would have been to Jimmy's benefit to have the meeting.

    Instead, he looks like a scared man locked in his suite.

    CBS channel 19 in Cleveland reported that Haslam denied the meeting request with Garrett.

    @canton-dawg said:

    CBS channel 19 in Cleveland reported that Haslam denied the meeting request with Garrett.

    I understand. They reported it on local Indianapolis Sports Talk Friday morning.

    The point that I failed to make was that I think denying thr meeting makes Jimmy Haslam look weak and scared. The man is in one of the world's most exclusive clubs as an NFL Owner. He has a Hall of Fame player on his roster that wants to meet. I think he should oblige the request. 

    You guys may disagree, but hiding behind locked doors will not solve this situation and I don't believe that meeting with Myles Garrett undercuts Andrew Berry as GM in any sense.

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    @canton-dawg said:

    CBS channel 19 in Cleveland reported that Haslam denied the meeting request with Garrett.

    I understand. They reported it on local Indianapolis Sports Talk Friday morning.

    The point that I failed to make was that I think denying thr meeting makes Jimmy Haslam look weak and scared. The man is in one of the world's most exclusive clubs as an NFL Owner. He has a Hall of Fame player on his roster that wants to meet. I think he should oblige the request. 

    You guys may disagree, but hiding behind locked doors will not solve this situation and I don't believe that meeting with Myles Garrett undercuts Andrew Berry as GM in any sense.

    @ap1 said:

    You guys may disagree, but

    ...yeah...Haslem can't be meeting with the player(s) if they want to be traded, want to be a starter, want to play more, don't like their locker, want a raise, whatever.  He can't treat an individual player differently from others.  It has to go through the channel of communication where such decisions are evaluated at whatever level is required.  In Myles' case, we all know that it's gone right up to the top...where the supreme powers are evaluating and monitoring the situation.  They've come out with their current stance and that's going to stand as their position until their constant evaluating determines a need for a position shift.  It's just how the chain of command has to work.

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  • OrionO Orion

    @reality said:

    including at your employer

    Well, your employer can make you sign an agreement that you won't ever go work for the competition.  And they can make up any ol' reason to get rid of you.  It is what it is wherever you are.

    @orion said:

    Well, your employer can make you sign an agreement that you won't ever go work for the competition.  And they can make up any ol' reason to get rid of you.  It is what it is wherever you are.

    All very true.  There are jobs with non compete clauses (though several states have made them illegal).  My broader point was to look at the situation from the perspective of the employee/employer dynamic for an NFL player.  

  • VaporTrailV VaporTrail

    I had a dream last night that I was at the Browns game, and it was 3rd down, and Myles Garrett was breakdancing in the locker room. 

    @vaportrail said:

    I had a dream last night that I was at the Browns game, and it was 3rd down, and Myles Garrett was breakdancing in the locker room. 

    I had a dream last night that Myles Garrett arrived at the stadium for a game in a Grim Reaper costume then ended up losing to the Squeelers.

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  • I hope he's happy to play here now though I figured it was all about the money and not winning.

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  • JaxJ Jax

    I hope he's happy to play here now though I figured it was all about the money and not winning.

    @jax said:

    I hope he's happy to play here now though I figured it was all about the money and not winning.

    It's odd because if it were just about the money the Browns had already confirmed they were prepared to offer him a record contract. I think they stuck to their guns, denied the meeting with Haslam so he and his team finally figured out they had no options. Can't wait to see his PR teams spin on why he signed. 

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  • Never thought this would get settled before June 1. 

    Glad that's over, let's get Chubb done, &  on to the draft.

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    @londonbrown said:

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    I. Am. Shocked. 

  • jcam222J jcam222

    @jax said:

    I hope he's happy to play here now though I figured it was all about the money and not winning.

    It's odd because if it were just about the money the Browns had already confirmed they were prepared to offer him a record contract. I think they stuck to their guns, denied the meeting with Haslam so he and his team finally figured out they had no options. Can't wait to see his PR teams spin on why he signed. 

    @jcam222 said:

    It's odd because if it were just about the money the Browns had already confirmed they were prepared to offer him a record contract. I think they stuck to their guns, denied the meeting with Haslam so he and his team finally figured out they had no options. Can't wait to see his PR teams spin on why he signed. 

    I'm happily eating crow.

  • The Browns are definitely going to draft a QB now.

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  • I'm glad we keep Myles. It was always about money the whole time. What Super Bowl contender could afford his salary or the trade capital to get him.

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  • jcam222J jcam222

    @jax said:

    I hope he's happy to play here now though I figured it was all about the money and not winning.

    It's odd because if it were just about the money the Browns had already confirmed they were prepared to offer him a record contract. I think they stuck to their guns, denied the meeting with Haslam so he and his team finally figured out they had no options. Can't wait to see his PR teams spin on why he signed. 

    @jcam222 said:

    It's odd because if it were just about the money the Browns had already confirmed they were prepared to offer him a record contract. I think they stuck to their guns, denied the meeting with Haslam so he and his team finally figured out they had no options. Can't wait to see his PR teams spin on why he signed. 

    My best guess is it gave him and his agent leverage to get it done quick and maybe up the price.

    Or maybe it made him feel like he could steer the direction of the Browns in which way to draft even?

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    @londonbrown said:

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    Thank you God.  ( I would never ask God for something this trivial in life.  But I can sure as hell thank him! )

    edit:  We just got a HOF'er...for nothin' but money.  

    edit again:  What did they tell Myles?  We know that Myles wants to win, and that he can't here.  That wasn't just smoke.  On this eve of Legal Tampering, what did they assure Myles?

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  • jcam222J jcam222

    @jax said:

    I hope he's happy to play here now though I figured it was all about the money and not winning.

    It's odd because if it were just about the money the Browns had already confirmed they were prepared to offer him a record contract. I think they stuck to their guns, denied the meeting with Haslam so he and his team finally figured out they had no options. Can't wait to see his PR teams spin on why he signed. 

    @jcam222 said:

    It's odd because if it were just about the money the Browns had already confirmed they were prepared to offer him a record contract. I think they stuck to their guns, denied the meeting with Haslam so he and his team finally figured out they had no options. Can't wait to see his PR teams spin on why he signed. 

    I agree they left him no real choice other than sign the contract or just sit on the sidelines two years. They had no intention of trading him and his team figured out it was no bluff. So, they got him the best deal possible.

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    @jcam222 said:

    It's odd because if it were just about the money the Browns had already confirmed they were prepared to offer him a record contract. I think they stuck to their guns, denied the meeting with Haslam so he and his team finally figured out they had no options. Can't wait to see his PR teams spin on why he signed. 

    I agree they left him no real choice other than sign the contract or just sit on the sidelines two years. They had no intention of trading him and his team figured out it was no bluff. So, they got him the best deal possible.

    @texasag1969 said:

    they got him the best deal possible.

    Maybe he got a deal like Wills.  He only has to block for 3.5 seconds.  If the QB scrambles, ya don't have to chase him. 🙂 

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  • I'm very pleased with the way the Browns handled this. They were not daunted by all the insults and recognized that fair value could not be obtained in a trade and even if so the Browns would take a fatal cap hit. Hope Haslam sticks to this position of staying out of management issues like he did with Myles. Finally Myles is locked in for at least 4 years after which any trade is cap friendly.

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  • BernieSuperBowl2B BernieSuperBowl2

    I'm glad we keep Myles. It was always about money the whole time. What Super Bowl contender could afford his salary or the trade capital to get him.

    @berniesuperbowl2 said:

    I'm glad we keep Myles. It was always about money the whole time. What Super Bowl contender could afford his salary or the trade capital to get him.

    When isn't it about the money though?   Myles is heading into his 9th season here and do the Browns even have a QB yet? The last time they won 11 games they had to recycle an older QB that was unemployed to do so.  Having said all that - he became the 1st player to have 14 or more sacks 4 consecutive seasons (some of that involved playing through a shoulder injury and/or a foot injury).  One could argue others have done it way back before they started keeping track of sacks; but Myles trains his ass off year round to accomplish this stuff. 

    How many of us thought - "man, they never even got Joe Thomas a decent QB to protect all 10 years he played at a Pro Bowl caliber/effort."  Inexcusable! Anyone think LeBron James would put up with what's gone on here if his game was football?  Didn't he leave the Cavs twice? Is it any coincidence he wanted to play in one of the largest tv markets in sports?  But he's from Ohio so I'll get the "don't you dare compare the 2."  And how many times did he get to handpick most of the starting 5 before signing a contract?  

    Not for nothing, Jim Brown left the NFL for a different career that paid bigger $ after his 9th season.  When he got an ultimatum to get to training camp or get a fine (as a player that never missed a game) - it turned into "I think I'd rather make more $ doing bedroom gymnastics with Raquel Welch naked."  It's always about the $ (especially at some point further on in the career). 

    I welcome the only Defensive Coordinator to earn a Superbowl Ring in New Orleans while understanding Revenge of the Nerds is a sequel. "Come get some!"
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