Report: Browns, Myles Garrett close to five-year, $125M deal

The Browns' Myles Garrett is poised to become one of the highest-paid defensive ends in the NFL. Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports

Report: Browns, DE Myles Garrett close to five-year, $125 million deal

By Zac Wassink | Last updated 7/14/20

Reports from June about the Cleveland Browns locking up defensive end Myles Garrett via a massive contract were seemingly accurate.

On Tuesday, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network tweeted the Browns are close to signing the 24-year-old Garrett to a five-year extension that could be worth $125 million:

The #Browns and star pass-rusher Myles Garrett are closing in on a 5-year extension worth $125M, sources say. Another massive deal, this time for $25M in new money per year. Their top priority of this offseason and they are in the final stages.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) July 14, 2020

Rapoport added Browns fans may have to wait a day or so before seeing an official announcement from the club:

The #Browns and Myles Garrett’s deal may not be final and official today. Still a few small hurdles. But it is expected to happen, as Cleveland is set to lock up a key piece. https://t.co/873RKFYdbk
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) July 14, 2020

League source confirms this deal for Myles Garrett is close to getting done https://t.co/z8Hy3h27M3
— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) July 14, 2020

The first pick of the 2017 NFL Draft, Garrett has 30 1/2 sacks across his first 37 regular-season appearances. He earned a six-game suspension last November, however, after he struck Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph in the head with his helmet in the closing seconds of a Cleveland win over Pittsburgh.

The NFL reinstated Garrett soon after Super Bowl LIV.

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