Myles Garrett reveals bold goal for 2025 Browns amid four-way QB competition

The Cleveland Browns are coming off a 3-14 season and are being projected by some to "earn" the top pick for the 2026 NFL Draft by finishing the upcoming campaign with the league's worst overall record. 

Nevertheless, Browns pass-rusher Myles Garrett set the bar quite high for himself and the club while speaking with reporters at the start of training camp on Wednesday. 

"I expect to get to the Super Bowl," Garrett said, as shared by Brandon Little of A to Z Sports. "That’s our expectation every year. I expect to run back Defensive Player of the Year. Keeping both of those things in mind, I have to be the best player that I can be every single day, whether we’re practicing or playing."

Not long after Garrett signed a four-year, $160M extension that included $123.5M guaranteed to remain with the Browns, team owner Jimmy Haslam shared that Cleveland had "challenged" the Defensive Player of the Year Award winner for the 2023 season "to become a real leader of the team." 

Later in the spring, Browns defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz suggested that Garrett "is going to have the best season of his career," in part because the All-Pro realizes "with great power comes great responsibility." 

So far, it sounds like Garrett is embracing that responsibility this summer. 

"As soon as I step foot in the building, I have to be the best version of myself and the best leader I can possibly be," Garrett added during his comments. 

As of Wednesday afternoon, DraftKings Sportsbook had the Browns as a +30000 betting underdog to win Super Bowl LX. Only the New Orleans Saints had worse odds (+40000) at that time. 

Like the Saints, the Browns are holding a legitimate competition for their starting quarterback job that should last through at least part of the preseason. It's widely believed that either Joe Flacco or Kenny Pickett will get the nod for Cleveland's Week 1 game against the Cincinnati Bengals, but rookies Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders are both expected to be on the Browns' active roster in September. 

Even if Gabriel or Sanders becomes a revelation this fall, it seems highly unlikely the Browns will be part of Super Bowl conversations come Christmastime.