Myles Garrett Will Stay In Cleveland
March 9th, 2025
Monster edge rusher Myles Garrett will not be a Buccaneer in 2025.
Garrett, per ESPN, just signed a monster contract extension that will put $40 million per year in his pocket with $123.5 million in guaranteed money.
And he doesn’t even play quarterback.
Wow.
Garrett had been asking for a trade and, well, money seemed to soothe him. Screw playing for contender. The bag is super fat and Garrett flushed his desire to play for a winner the way Joe would jump head first on a tray of Hooters boneless wings.
Garrett’s new contract, on the heels of edge beast Maxx Crosby restructuring for record money with the Las Vegas Bradys last week, surely means Trey Hendrickson will want at least $30 million plus this season. The NFL sacks leader was given permission by the Bengals to seek a trade.
Hendrickson, with 17 1/2 sacks in each of the past two seasons, is due around $16 million in 2025.
On this peaceful Sunday, Joe will just add that there’s a reason teams are willing to pay so much for edge rushers, though one could counter by saying there’s a reason Cleveland and Vegas have been perennial losers.
March 9th, 2025 at 12:22 pm
Between Garretts and Watsons contract I don’t how they pay the rest of the team.
March 9th, 2025 at 12:23 pm
He wasn’t coming to Tampa anyway.
March 9th, 2025 at 12:24 pm
So much for only playing for the Super Bowl and not money
March 9th, 2025 at 12:25 pm
They pay because finding the. Males Garrett’s are like winning the Lotto grand prize
Got to keep looking through the draft. Happy hunting Mr. LIGHT
March 9th, 2025 at 12:28 pm
Cleveland is the prime example of how to ruin a franchise.
The GM is a total incompetent embarrassment…
You are now paying two players who don’t want to be there hundreds of millions of dollars.
Stupid is what stupid does.
March 9th, 2025 at 12:29 pm
That’s crazy money. 1 guy can’t make the whole team.
March 9th, 2025 at 12:32 pm
Hendrickson and Landry both gonna get paid an insane amount of money… and it won’t be by the Bucs.
March 9th, 2025 at 12:34 pm
Theres always Azeez Ojulari one year prove it deal.
March 9th, 2025 at 12:37 pm
You can bet alot of teams would have given an awful lot to get Myles Garrett. Cleveland could have cleaned up alot of their mistakes. Wonder if that ever occurred to the brain trust up there in Cleveland?
March 9th, 2025 at 12:40 pm
Agree with Marine Buc the Browns GM is terrible. If they draft Saunders as there new QB hes going want the moon after his rookie contract is up.
March 9th, 2025 at 12:48 pm
Edges are a grossly overvalued position now. Its not like QB where paying them more than 50 million now is just the standard. Paying an Edge 40 million means you have 4 less Lavonte Davids on defense.
We may be seeing a time where GMs start managing and building their teams to depend less on Edges. Maybe more investments on interior Dline and ILB or Nickel Corners that can blitz.
Its a money game and I just don’t see a team able to compete for the Superbowl tying themselves down with such a massive contract.
March 9th, 2025 at 12:48 pm
Good
March 9th, 2025 at 12:50 pm
I’m okay with it. The cost would have been too prohibitive. He’s just one guy. He goes down with a boo-boo then what?
March 9th, 2025 at 12:50 pm
Mack for a bargain deal doesnt sound so bad after that contract
March 9th, 2025 at 12:52 pm
I don’t understand guys like Garrett.
For a few million less, why not play for a contender? Either way he is set financially for several lifetimes. Why not enjoy this one to the max by competing for a Lombardi?
Dunno. Maybe it’s me, but few things in life beat winning, especially when financial matters are no longer an issue.
March 9th, 2025 at 1:03 pm
Whenever a team says to a star player, “Sure, go ahead and find a trade,” those words should be read as sarcasm.
March 9th, 2025 at 1:05 pm
Von Miller released by Bills
March 9th, 2025 at 1:11 pm
I get it but at the same time they spent so much money on a 1 player when the team as a whole isn’t making the playoffs. What’s the point ?
March 9th, 2025 at 1:13 pm
The more I watch vids on James Pierce jr. the more i like. Hes falling for a stupid reason but i thought he was out of reach. Now its looking like he might be there. Emmanwori will get scooped up by miami. So if James or Campbell are there at 19, i say go for it. Green might fall to the 2nd for other reasons i wont get into.
March 9th, 2025 at 1:15 pm
Tom Brady took less money than a lot of other QB’s so his team could add good players around him. He was thinking of Super Bowls not being the highest paid player at his position. Players with that mentality are few and far between.
March 9th, 2025 at 1:28 pm
I still think complacency is a disease and I don’t want it near our front office but it’s become more clear that these edge rushers are getting priced out of our current range.
Surely Mack and some of these guys will be much cheaper based on age and production no where near Crosby, Garrett, Hendrickson… but we have a lot of dumb GMs across the league making Lichts job tougher.
Not to say those top 3 guys don’t deserve a lot of money, but they are the top guys outside Parsons and other GMs are gonna pay guys like Sweat way too much.
March 9th, 2025 at 1:28 pm
Ok Joe waiting for Gerald Mccoy article Licht go get Von Miller!!!
March 9th, 2025 at 1:33 pm
Allbuccedup, Baker seems to be willing to work with the team a bit. After last year he could cry for more money and probably get it. He is worth more than $30 mil by far. If he plays like that again this year he will be worth more than the $40 mil unguaranteed he will get next year.
March 9th, 2025 at 1:36 pm
McCoy probably already had it typed up.
March 9th, 2025 at 1:36 pm
Drafting the right ILB will make a huge difference in the pass rush!
Of course we gotta still drafting edge rushers.
This time next week we will have real stuff to talk about.
I still see the NEED for a explosive WR, we don’t have that threat and the league is that kind of game these days. ME and CG are excellent WR but neither are explosive, and both are on the back nine of their careers
March 9th, 2025 at 1:40 pm
The signing takes a little heat off Licht but he better do something about the Edge, the evidence is clear.
March 9th, 2025 at 1:58 pm
ROTFL – another example of the Browns being brown. They’re called the Browns for a reason. The smart move would have been to trade him for the king’s ransom and admit you’re rebuilding. Instead they’re gonna suck harder and he will be demanding a trade again in a year with that fat contract dragging behind him.
March 9th, 2025 at 2:00 pm
If there was any doubt how stupid Browns ownership/management is, this deal removes all doubt. No way the Browns can be competitive with Watson and Garrett deals. They, also, way overpaid for an aging offensive line. Garrett is one of the best defenders on the NFL, but that isn’t enough to make this team competitive. They still need to come up with a QB for this season. The usual suspects like Sam Darnold, Kirk Cousins, Aaron Rodgers aren’t going to play for free. Maybe they’ll ask Tampa if they want to part with Baker for a couple of years #1 picks? Don’t think Bucs would go for that deal and certain that Baker would retire rather than play again for those losers.
March 9th, 2025 at 2:09 pm
Bucs ain’t serious
March 9th, 2025 at 2:12 pm
This makes a signing like Matthew judon much closer to what they will do.
March 9th, 2025 at 2:16 pm
What happened says a lot about the Browns and a lot about Garrett. It’s why I followed Baker to Tampa and would have been disappointed if the Bucs had wasted money on Garrett. Can you imagine Garrett suiting up next to Lavonte
David?
March 9th, 2025 at 2:18 pm
Garrett was never leaving Cleveland. It would have cost them more to trade him than to keep him. It’s obvious that they now have him an offer he couldn’t refuse or he was always playing hardball for a ludicrous payday. Guys, he was never going anywhere. Some of us said this months ago.
March 9th, 2025 at 2:19 pm
Fred McNeil Baker is better than most hopefully with another good year Licht will offer to extend his 40 mil next year to another three year deal.
March 9th, 2025 at 2:31 pm
0.0% chance he was coming to Tampa anyways
March 9th, 2025 at 2:33 pm
Wow, are they stupid or what.
March 9th, 2025 at 2:34 pm
Mack will not be a bargain deal – looking more and more likely the Bucs rely on in-house improvement – now my greatest hope is that they don’t overspend on a scrub and get lucky in the draft
March 9th, 2025 at 2:45 pm
(1) what is the reason that James Pierce is falling?
(2) Joe can you get Bucs draft guru to do an article on the top edge rushers be available at the Bucs first or second round picks?
March 9th, 2025 at 3:09 pm
letting garrett get away was detrimental to the core fan base of a rock bottom divisional team…
they’re going no where anyway…with balt, pitt and the bengals way ahead of them…
so losing garrett deflates the fanbase of an already ultra deflated franchise…
garrett backed them into a corner – so they gave him the mega bag…
if we want a good edge guy, it’s gonna be more expensive than ever before…salaries are going thru the roof…
i never thought crosby or garrett woud warrant these type of contracts…
our winfield contract…or dean…etc etc…don’t seem like much all of a sudden
March 9th, 2025 at 3:21 pm
Pierce Jr. is falling because theres “rumors” he takes off plays and doesnt go at it enough….stupid if you ask me. I say draft him, show him how incentives work and pound some work ethic into him….he’ll be fine, i have no doubt….glad hes falling a little though for our sake….thats who we need since Emmanwori and probably Campbell will be off the board at 19.
March 9th, 2025 at 3:23 pm
If all 3 are gone, trade down and get Jahdae.
March 9th, 2025 at 3:24 pm
Surprise! He’s not coming here. Well it’s not really a surprise to most of us.
March 9th, 2025 at 3:29 pm
Im liking Jordan Burch too if hes there when we pick in the 2nd…hes a big boy and can move….he just needs proper coaching.
March 9th, 2025 at 3:44 pm
Sad that Garrett values money over winning. The Browns are a dumpster fire. Careers go to die, good thing Mayfield was allowed to walk.
March 9th, 2025 at 4:13 pm
I think guys in the league care more about the status of being the highest paid than the actual money. So maybe not quite all about the dough.
March 9th, 2025 at 4:14 pm
Goes to show that legit edge rushers are diamonds, and if you habe one, you dont let them go. If you have an opportunity to get one, you go get them. Give your head a shake JL, you have two good ones on the table. Hendrickson, Landry. 📞
March 9th, 2025 at 4:33 pm
Repost…but applicable:
Sounds like Mack is likely out. Hendrickson may be the best viable option via trade. That guy is a difference maker. The Bungles need to pay 2 receivers top dollar now…and with Burrow…they likely can’t afford the receivers and Hendrickson. May be time for an all-in moment. For old timers like myself, this could make up for the high pick Tampa gave the Bungles for Jack Thompson aka The Throwin’ Samoan. 🙂
March 9th, 2025 at 4:39 pm
hopefully bucs can hit on the draft these salaries getting ridiculous
March 9th, 2025 at 4:45 pm
Poor Trey Hendrickson. Imagine having to scrape by on just 16 Million $$$.
I don’t know how these guys do it! They must really know how to stretch a dollar,
March 9th, 2025 at 5:06 pm
Take a look at Von Miller’s contract when the Bills signed him, and then take a look at what the Bills just did today.
March 9th, 2025 at 5:13 pm
IF IT AIN’T BROKE DON’T FIX IT. We seem to be happy with it all. Zadarius Smith, Khalil Mack, Von Miller, DeMarcus Lawrence & Dre Greenlaw are the ones out there to at least consider because they’re losing out on everyone else AGAIN.
March 9th, 2025 at 5:14 pm
Harold Landry would be worth considering, too! Who cares how they are as long as they can help the team improve.
March 9th, 2025 at 5:31 pm
Za’Darius Smith is now in play, Lions just released him. He had
9 sacks last year between his 2 teams–(they brought him in because of the Hutchinson injury)
March 9th, 2025 at 5:47 pm
Beyond the incompetence my heart goes out to Cleveland Browns fans. They know pain and losing like no other. These people from that area grew up in the heart of football country, live in an area you would not want your worst enemy to live in and have been the most abused fanbase known to anyone. We Bucs fans no nothing when it comes to suffering compared to these people. Had a good buddy, tough guy, ex-military, body builder, blue collar, good guy. Brought to tears watching the Browns fumble their way out of an AFC championship back in the late 80’s. Just imagine the Bucs being moved out of Tampa in the middle of the night. I’m talking moving trucks. That s(p)it it ain’t no joke. Anyway Myles Garrett is going to continue to sack some folks and get paid huge dollars for doing it. Will this team ever get themselves someone that can bring the heat off the edge? The wait continues.
March 9th, 2025 at 5:53 pm
Good for him for getting a king’s ransom of cash. He must like being free in early January to spend that cash.
March 9th, 2025 at 5:57 pm
With $123 million guaranteed he don’t have to sack anybody.
March 9th, 2025 at 6:35 pm
“Brian in St Pete Says:
March 9th, 2025 at 2:18 pm
Garrett was never leaving Cleveland. It would have cost them more to trade him than to keep him.”
The cap hit keeping him……$16 million
The cap hit trading him…….$36 million
Cleveland was never going to absorb that….
It’s questionable if Garrett would have meshed in the Bucs locker room…
Somethings in life are best left on the shelf no matter how nice they are…
March 9th, 2025 at 6:39 pm
You are better off just throwing picks at edge rushers, and hope you hit on one. If you hit on a 1st round edge you get them cheap for four years.
March 9th, 2025 at 6:39 pm
Tony
Nothing could be done today. These teams are re-signing before the first deadline.
March 9th, 2025 at 6:45 pm
Surely we will hear of JL signing Godwin any moment now
March 9th, 2025 at 7:15 pm
Bottle of Eagle Rare to Joe when he announces the Godwin resigning. Or maybe the Hendrickson to Bucs trade.
March 9th, 2025 at 7:20 pm
Landry to the Pats
March 9th, 2025 at 7:21 pm
Landry not coming either, according to ESPN, he’s reuniting with Mike Vrabel in New England.
March 9th, 2025 at 7:21 pm
Yeah… We lost out on Landry
March 9th, 2025 at 7:21 pm
Judon signing in 3..2..1…
March 9th, 2025 at 7:23 pm
Judong looks washed. One or two lucky plays last year at most for Atlanta.
March 9th, 2025 at 7:28 pm
I agree about Judon, he’s just the “bargain bin ” player that Licht looks for. I have to razz everyone about it.
March 9th, 2025 at 7:32 pm
I hope the Davante Adams contract is favorable for a Godwin contract in the teens for 3 years! I would love to hear this news before the day ends!
March 9th, 2025 at 7:36 pm
We won’t go for Hendrickson, too expensive.
Mack, Ojulari, Browning (?), Ossai… are last options imo.
Judon, Bosa both washed. From everything I am seeing Landry wasn’t the answer either. Could obviously be proven wrong but these guys have lost their pop I think. Basically Shaq Barrett and we love him but he ain’t it anymore.
March 9th, 2025 at 8:21 pm
Bucs seem content being above average again. We got Bowles. No Chris. No Edge. Long as we win NFC South huh.
Not feeling Jason Licht lately. Not one bit. Sounding mum on #14, scared to trade a future draft pick, Talking bout Diaby shoulda had 15 sacks and Chris Braswell the next LT.
Stfu and do your job JL
March 9th, 2025 at 8:27 pm
Sure is getting harder and harder to be a GM these days. The salaries are escalating faster than the cap. 60 for QB, 30 for WR, 40 for edge 30s for OT, etc. It’s out of control. You have
to build everything around the draft now and let most of the high priced guys go as they get older. The days of keeping a team together are about over. You’ll only be able to keep a select few. The draft will be everything. Enjoy ME13, LVD and Godwin while you can.