Browns owner Jimmy Haslam declines to meet with Myles Garrett as tensions rise following trade request: report

The standoff betwixt six-time Pro Bowler Myles Garrett and the Cleveland Browns reached caller heights this week arsenic reports surfaced astir a gathering that yet did not happen. 

Last month, the prima walk rusher precocious informed the Browns of his tendency to beryllium traded to different team. Garrett past asked to conscionable with Browns proprietor Jimmy Haslam. 

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Aug 21, 2022; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Cleveland Browns antiaircraft extremity Myles Garrett, left, talks with managing and main spouse Jimmy Haslam earlier the crippled betwixt the Cleveland Browns and the Philadelphia Eagles astatine FirstEnergy Stadium. (Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports)

But according to NFL Network, Haslam rejected the connection to conscionable with Garrett. Haslam past pointed Garrett successful the absorption of Browns wide manager Andrew Barry, per Cleveland.com.

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In a connection announcing his commercialized request, Garrett said helium prefers to onshore with a contender adjacent season. The extremity was ne'er to spell from Cleveland to Canton, it has ever been to vie for and triumph a Super Bowl," helium wrote. 

Garrett doubled down connected those sentiments and concluded that was not "aligned" with the absorption of the franchise.

Myles Garrett #95 of the Cleveland Browns warms up earlier the crippled against the Jacksonville Jaguars astatine Cleveland Browns Stadium connected December 10, 2023 successful Cleveland, Ohio. The Browns bushed the Jaguars 31-27. (Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Images)

"I person a batch of emotion for Cleveland, but it's ever for maine been astir [competing] for championships, winning those large games and winning Lombardis," Garrett told the NFL Network successful February. "We haven't had the accidental to bash that. That's each I'm asking for."

"It's not a determination I instrumentality lightly," Garrett said. "It took clip and tons of conversation, but conscionable looking astatine the trajectory of the team, talking to immoderate of the higher-ups ... I person a batch of respect for them, but I conscionable don't deliberation we're aligned connected wherever the squad is going successful the adjacent future."

Myles Garrett #95 of the Cleveland Browns runs onto the tract astatine halftime against the New York Jets astatine FirstEnergy Stadium connected September 18, 2022 successful Cleveland, Ohio.  (Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images)

The Browns finished past play with a 3-14 grounds and look uncertainty astatine the backmost presumption arsenic Deshaun Watson rehabs aft precocious re-tearing his Achilles tendon. Watson initially tore his close Achilles successful October.

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The Browns brass person stated that they would not commercialized the 2023 NFL Defensive Player of the Year. Browns caput manager Kevin Stefanski antecedently said Garrett is "part of the present. He's portion of the future."

Garrett has 2 years remaining connected his declaration with the Browns.

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