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Myles Garrett trade grades: Who won blockbuster Rams-Browns deal?
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The Los Angeles Rams are finalizing the most aggressive move of the 2026 NFL offseason so far by trading for Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett .
Once the deal is complete, Garrett (we're not joking) is headed to the Rams in exchange for defensive end Jared Verse , a 2027 first-round pick and additional draft compensation, per ESPN's Adam Schefter .
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Obviously, this is the most seismic NFL trade in years, as Garrett is arguably the NFL's best defensive player. He's now joining a Rams team that is painfully in Super Bowl mode. Anything short would be a disaster.
How does this trade stack up? Well, let's do some grading, shall we?
Rams grade
This is the most aggressive move of the Sean McVay-Les Snead tenure, even past the Matthew Stafford trade. Making this much of an investment in a defensive player is always eye-opening, but Garrett is on another level. He's a genuine game-changer who is joining probably now the best team in the NFC, even past the Super Bowl-winning Seattle Seahawks . It's massive. If the Rams win a Super Bowl out of this? It's all an A+ because Garrett likely fueled it on his side of the ball. If the Rams don't? Trading for Garrett is still a worthy gamble. We love it, but obviously, losing an excellent player like Verse and a 2027 first at least is always tough to swallow if you don't win a title.
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GRADE:A-
Browns grade
The Browns probably always envisioned getting much more for Garrett in a hypothetical trade. Perhaps the additional draft compensation will sweeten the bitterness of this move, but it probably had to be done for a Cleveland team nowhere near competition. Verse is an awesome consolation prize for losing Garrett; he's younger and about 75-percent the player Garrett is. Cleveland finally swallowing the medicine and trading Garrett may work wonders in rebuilding Cleveland into a playoff team... if the right moves are made with this draft compensation, that is. You would like to maybe see another first-round pick thrown in there, but the compensation package isn't bad.
GRADE:B+
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