Rams adding Myles Garrett as part of blockbuster trade and Super Bowl push for 2026 season

So pick your adjective:Blockbuster.Bombshell.Stunner.Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett warms up before the NFL Week 10 game against the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., on Nov.9, 2025.
(IMAGN Syndication: The Record)"Nothing is final at this point," Browns general manager Andrew Berry told reporters during a break in the Cleveland Browns Foundation's 26th annual golf tournament."We are in discussions of a potential transaction including [Garrett].
We'll have a lot more to say about it once it is final, if it does become final, and I'll discuss the details at that point, but, you know, we are in negotiations."We're hopeful we close something here in the next several hours."That was mere minutes before the two teams agreed to the deal.RAIDERS TRADE MAXX CROSBY TO THE RAVENS FOR TWO FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICKSThe only way it falls through now is if either of the players involved declines to report to their new team or if either fails his physical — something that happened earlier this year with accomplished pass rusher Maxx Crosby's trade to the Baltimore Ravens.Barring that ...Wow!This is the Rams adding the crowning piece to an offseason in which they have shown they're making a Super Bowl push in 2026.RAMS PICK UP ALL-PRO TRENT MCDUFFIE IN BLOCKBUSTER TRADE WITH CHIEFS: REPORTThe team traded with the Kansas City Chiefs for Pro Bowl cornerback Trent McDuffie, added the Chiefs' other starting cornerback Jaylen Watson in free agency, and drafted quarterback Ty Simpson in the first round of the draft.Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett celebrates after the team defeated the Las Vegas Raiders in an NFL game in Las Vegas on Nov.
23, 2025.(Candice Ward/AP)The Simpson addition will not necessarily help the team this season but gave the Rams confidence to pull off the Garrett deal because they have a young quarterback on the roster should starter Matthew Stafford retire after 2026.Stafford announced he was returning for 2026 ...