Conditional 3rd-Rd Pick In Myles Garrett Trade Becomes 1st-Rd If Traded To AFC North

The Rams acquired Myles Garrett from the Browns in a blockbuster trade that included Jared Verse, a first-round pick in 2027, a second-round pick in 2028, and a conditional third-round pick in 2029. According to Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com, the conditional third-round pick can become a first-round selection if Los Angeles trades Garrett to an AFC North team. 

This way, Cleveland all but assures Garrett won’t return to their division with a rival team. 

Garrett requested a trade from the Browns last year before agreeing to a monster contract extension with the team. It took just a year for him to get traded to another team. 

Ian Rapoport says the Rams were “persistent” about a trade for Garrett. When they made Verse available along with the draft picks, the trade talks got serious. 

Cleveland reworked Garrett’s contract back in March and pushed back his option bonuses until the start of the regular season, which opened the door for a potential deal. 

According to OverTheCap, trading Garrett will free up $8,340,000 of cap space and create $15,534,000 of dead money.

Garrett, 30, is a former first-round pick of the Browns back in 2017. He finished the third year of his four-year, $30.4 million fully guaranteed contract and was set to make a base salary of $4.61 million for the 2020 season when he agreed to a five-year extension worth $125 million with the Browns. 

Cleveland signed him to a record four-year, $160 million contract extension in March, including $123.5 million in guaranteed money.

In 2025, Garrett appeared in all 17 games for the Browns and recorded 60 tackles, 33 tackles for loss, 23 sacks, three forced fumbles, and one pass defended.