Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett kicked Super Bowl week into high gear right away on Monday morning with a statement declaring he has asked to be traded. The Browns apparently have known about the request for awhile, but the public declaration was obviously new (and likely not-coincidentally timed, the day after Garrett had been at the Pro Bowl).
Super Bowl week on “Radio Row” is an NFL convention of sorts. Players make the rounds to the various outlets: radio, tv, podcast, website, etc. on a given day or days, typically with a product or an organization they are promoting along with having some general and typically incredibly token conversation about their team, etc.
In light of recent developments, Garrett naturally garnered some extra attention on Radio Row Wednesday. He talked in great detail about his trade request on “The Rich Eisen Show”, confirming he wants out of Cleveland and noting the tentacles to that. Credit to Eisen for not avoiding the massive elephant in the room, and credit to Garrett for being so candid, as you can see in the clip below.
The Browns superstar shook up Super Bowl week by announcing his trade request — @Flash_Garrett told us why now?
And did he really seek council from another famous Ohioan?#NFL #DawgPound @KingJames #SBLIX pic.twitter.com/W5Gr6CURpJ
— Rich Eisen Show (@RichEisenShow) February 5, 2025
Myles Garrett gives interesting, brief response to question about playing for the Lions
Otherwise it seems Garrett largely, if not completely, avoided saying anything about his trade request and its implications on his future as he made the rounds on Radio Row. Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press did catch up with him briefly between formal interviews, and got a quick question in.
“Myles Garrett making the rounds on radio row here at the Super Bowl, not taking trade questions,”Birkett wrote on Twitter. “Asked him if he has any thoughts on playing for the Lions as he went from interview to interview, politely said: ‘Not yet.'”
Myles Garrett making the rounds on radio row here at the Super Bowl, not taking trade questions. Asked him if he has any thoughts on playing for the Lions as he went from interview to interview, politely said: “Not yet”
— Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) February 5, 2025
It is pretty early for Garrett to have given any deep thoughts to what teams he’d like to play for, beyond the broad umbrella of teams who have a change to win a Super Bowl in the next few years. He did acknowledge to Eisen that he doesn’t have much say in where he goes (he doesn’t have a no-trade clause), but he hopes to reach a middle ground with the Browns.
Where the Lions are in terms of possibly making a trade for Garrett is subject to obvious questions. While he said what he had to say publicly to Birkett’s specific question, it’s fair to think the Lions are somewhere on his radar even if he hasn’t “yet” fully considered the idea of playing for them.
