{"id":16916,"date":"2025-03-09T23:35:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T23:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=16916"},"modified":"2025-03-09T23:35:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T23:35:56","slug":"breaking-news-ex-browns-pass-rusher-cut-by-lions-after-myles-garrett-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=16916","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : Ex-Browns Pass-Rusher Cut by Lions After Myles Garrett News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2173750801-e1741553701752.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2173750801-e1741553701752.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2173750801-e1741553701752.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2173750801-e1741553701752.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Ex-Browns Pass-Rusher Cut by Lions After Myles Garrett News\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As Myles Garrett locked in his future with the Cleveland Browns, his former pass-rush partner, Za\u2019Darius Smith, is looking for a new team.<\/p>\n<p>The Detroit Lions plan to release Smith. The Lions traded for Smith ahead of the trade deadline. Smith had nine sacks last season \u2014 five with the Browns and four with the Lions. Cleveland received a 2025 fifth-round pick 2026 sixth-round pick in the deal.<\/p>\n<p>Garrett joked about the trade when it went down, with Smith going from a floundering Browns team to a Super Bowl contender in the Lions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, first I\u2019d like to say I\u2019ve never seen a man smile so much, going to a new place,\u201d Garrett said. \u201cMy man was cheesin\u2019 from ear to ear when he was on TV, but happy to see him feeling good, feeling like himself and being positive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith will be looking for a new team or perhaps a reunion with the Browns. He was more than capable alongside Garrett, who often demands double teams. Cleveland inked Smith to a two-year, $23 million extension before last season. The Lions saved $5.75 million in cap space by releasing Smith.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Myles Garrett Inks Record Extension With Browns<\/h2>\n<p>The Browns locked in Garrett with a record-setting deal on Sunday, ending all the drama around his trade demand. His deal averages $40 million per year and includes $123.5 million in guaranteed money. It makes him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history.<\/p>\n<p>Garrett had been adamant about wanting to be moved and play for a contender. The Browns are coming off a 3-14 campaign and Garrett said he wasn\u2019t aligned with the team on their future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a kid dreaming of the NFL, all I focused on was the ultimate goal of winning a Super Bowl \u2014 and that goal fuels me today more than ever. My love for the community of Northeast Ohio and the incredible fan base of the Cleveland Browns has made this one of the toughest decisions of my life. These past eight years have shaped me into the man that I am today,\u201d\u00a0Garrett said in a statement\u00a0shared on social media.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWhile I\u2019ve loved calling this city my home, my desire to win and compete on the biggest stages won\u2019t allow me to be complacent. The goal was never to go from Cleveland to Canton, it has always been to compete for and win a Super Bowl. With that in mind, I have requested to be traded from the Cleveland Browns.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Browns DE Myles Garrett Had \u2018Change of Heart\u2019<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The relationship between the Browns and Garrett looked damaged beyond repair. Garrett made the media rounds at the Super Bowl, expressing his desire to be moved. However, the record-setting contract puts all that drama to rest.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6GQ7MRHDPZD2ZMQHR4IE7ASZEE\">\u201cAndrew Berry and I spent the last 36 hours getting the deal done, basically,\u201d Garrett\u2019s agent, Nicole Lynn, told cleveland.com. \u201cMyles had a change of heart and he\u2019s excited to go from Cleveland to Canton and chase a championship in Ohio.<\/p>\n<p id=\"JBKCWD3XLJHUHGD5SPTHAAR7DU\">\u201cWhen he made that decision, he said \u2018I want to get this done before free agency so I can start recruiting free agents, so I can help the team.\u2019 And I said \u2018alright, we have 24 hours to get this done\u2019 and we did it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Free agency is just around the corner for the Browns. The team also has the No. 2 overall pick.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Myles Garrett locked in his future with the Cleveland Browns, his former pass-rush partner, Za&#8217;Darius Smith, is looking for a new team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cleveland-browns"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING NEWS : Ex-Browns Pass-Rusher Cut by Lions After Myles Garrett News - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=16916\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING NEWS : Ex-Browns Pass-Rusher Cut by Lions After Myles Garrett News - 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