Chicago Bears nearly pried away 113-sack edge rusher at the trade deadline

When the dust settled on the deadline, New York Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner and defensive tackle Quinnen Williams were the biggest names to change zip codes, but according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Poles asked about the posssibility of striking a deal for Defensive Player of the Year, Myles Garrett.

“When they were calling the Cleveland Browns, they did ask about Myles Garrett but Myles Garrett wasn’t available,” Schefter said, during an appearance on WGN. “They tried to be a little bit more aggressive, but it takes two teams to get a deal done, and in certain cases, other teams weren’t willing to part with a player like Myles Garrett.”

The Browns signed Garrett to a lucrative four-year contract worth $160 million, just prior to the NFL league year beginning, back in March, and it sounds as though Cleveland views the 29-year-old All-Pro as a centerpiece of their rebuild.

However, it isn’t difficult to imagine why Poles would have tried to pry Garrett, who has 11 sacks so far this season and 113.5 in his career, away from Cleveland. Garrett would have anchored the defensive line, and been a worthy counterpunch to the Packers’ acquisition of All-Pro Micah Parsons before the season began.

Alas, the browns weren’t parting with Garrett, which leaves the Bears to hope Tryon-Shoyinka can at least be a key factor in a run to the postseason down the stretch, and beyond.