Schefter: Myles Garrett To Keep In Cleveland With Document Contract Extension

Maxx Crosby upped the ante for the EDGE defender market early within the week with a deal price a mean of $35.5 million per season. Myles Garrett, who has been looking for a commerce from the Cleveland Browns all offseason, now raises the bar even additional. Based on ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Garrett will probably be staying in Cleveland on a six-year deal for a mean of $40 million per season. That features $123.5 million in assured cash.

From commerce to truce and past: the Browns and Myles Garrett reached settlement at the moment on a file contract extension that averages $40 million per 12 months and contains $123.5 million in assured cash and now makes him the highest-paid non-QB in NFL historical past, sources inform ESPN.… pic.twitter.com/scNWJH2vFX

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 9, 2025

That makes him the highest-paid non-quarterback within the league and additional ups the ante for the Pittsburgh Steelers and their doubtless extension with T.J. Watt later this offseason. J.J. Watt warned that the value would solely be going up and urged the Steelers to behave rapidly. It seems he was proper, and the Steelers now discover themselves in a troublesome place.

Highest paid pass-rushers within the NFL on a per-year foundation:

🏈Myles Garrett: $40M
🏈Maxx Crosby: $35.5M
🏈Nick Bosa: $34M
🏈Josh Hines-Allen: $28.25M
🏈Brian Burns: $28.2M

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 9, 2025

Garrett has been with the Browns since 2017 because the No. 1 general decide within the draft that 12 months. He was the Defensive Participant of the Yr in 2023 and has persistently been one of many high EDGE gamers within the NFL.

In eight seasons, Garrett has amassed 352 complete tackles, 116 tackles for loss, 200 QB hits, 102.5 sacks, 20 compelled fumbles, and 17 passes defensed. He has been a Professional Bowler in six of these eight seasons and a first-team All-Professional in 4 of them.

The Browns maintained all through the method that they weren’t serious about buying and selling Garrett regardless of the commerce request, they usually backed that up with an enormous deal that may doubtless maintain him in Cleveland for almost all (if not all) of his profession. Curiously, Garrett requested a gathering with Browns proprietor Jimmy Haslam earlier this week they usually didn’t have the assembly as a result of Haslam trusted his GM and coach to determine a deal. Because it seems, Haslam should have already greenlit the deal to make him the highest-paid non-quarterback within the NFL.

Sadly for the Steelers, they should proceed going towards Garrett for the foreseeable future, although Bengals star EDGE defender Trey Hendrickson nonetheless seems to be on his manner out of the division with an energetic commerce request.