Myles Garrett gets chance to 'play ahead' with Rams - with one downside for L.A.
Yahoo Sports NFL analyst Nate Tice and NFL contributor Andrew Siciliano react to Monday's blockbuster trade that sent the seven-time Pro Bowler from Cleveland to Los Angeles. Check out the full conversation on “Football 301” - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube or wherever you listen.
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And now you throw Miles Garrett into the mix where, and this is not an ear joke, I promise you, Nate, he can pin his ear back- ears back- and rush potentially with a lead.
Now, there's this narrative that he never had a lead, and they, they never won games in Cleveland.
Yeah.
That is not true.
They made the playoffs twice when he was in Cleveland.
He won the DPOY multiple times when he was in Cleveland.
In 2020, they went on the road.
I know there were no fans, but they went on the road and in prime time, ripped Ben Roethlisberger's heart out in Pittsburgh.
Yes.
They then should have beaten Kansas City the following week.
We don't need to go down, you know, that, that memory lane again.
They also in 2023 made the postseason.
So he has had those opportunities.
He hasn't had enough of those opportunities.
He will, assuming Matthew Stafford's back does not lock up, have those opportunities here.
Is he gonna get 23?
I don't know.
From a- also from the Rams' perspective, one of the downsides, and yes, there is a downside, 'cause people wanna say bleep those picks.
Look at what Les has done, Les Snead has done, drafting, especially on the defensive side of the ball, the core the last few years.
this is year four for Coby Turner and Byron Young.
This is year three for Jared Verse, and would've been year three I'm sorry, would've been year three for Jared Verse, is year three for Braden Fiske.
They can't pay all those guys.
Yes.
One of the downsides of drafting well is you gotta pay those guys.
They can't- Yep pay them all.
Now, I think Jared Verse would've been number one on that list of dudes they wanna pay- Mm-hmm from the guys I just listed, although they all deserve it.
Well, they're gonna move him out.
They take Miles Garrett's contract on, and now they focus on signing the remaining pieces, all of whom were home runs in the draft.
