Insider reveals the real reason behind Myles Garrett's contract move

For the second consecutive offseason, Myles Garrett and the Cleveland Browns are all over the news.

The Browns restructured Garrett's contract, pushing his bonus dates in 2026, 2027 and 2028 from March to September.

Of course, that makes his massive, $40-million-a-year contract much more tradeable, so it didn't take long before speculation flooded social media.

With that in mind, renowned Browns insider Mary Kay Cabot shut down all rumors of a potential trade, stating that this move was made solely for salary cap purposes.

The Browns won't trade Myles Garrett

"The Browns and Myles Garrett have agreed to contract modifications that give them cap flexibility, but they have no plans to trade him, a league source tells Cleveland.com," Cabot wrote. "The modifications, confirmed by Cleveland.com, result in a more team-friendly structure of the contract, which would make him easier to trade, but the Browns have no plans to do so. In fact, if they had wanted to trade him — which they don’t — they wouldn’t have needed to tweak the contract."

Cabot argued that, given that Garrett still had a no-trade clause, they wouldn't have even been able to move him without his approval. That possibility, however, has never been on the table.

The failed Maxx Crosby trade may have given the Browns a baseline for a potential asking price for their superstar pass rusher, and they could certainly get elite value in return.

Nevertheless, the front office has always been adamant about keeping him, and this move only gives them a six-month salary cap break.