Team success has been hard to come by for Myles Garrett with the Cleveland Browns. He is entering his ninth season in the NFL, but the Browns have made the NFL playoffs just twice and played a total of three postseason games.
Nonetheless, Garrett is an incredibly gifted defensive weapon that the Browns knew they couldn’t lose, as they signed him to a four-year, $160 million contract extension last March.
Still just 29 years old, Garrett has a lot of good to great years in front of him, and if you ask Browns defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz, the best season for the defensive end is about to happen.
“I really think Myles is going to have the best season of his career. And has to right?” Schwartz said with a laugh. “I’ve told him before, what’s that Spider-Man quote, ‘with great power comes great responsibility.’ With the big contract, with the notoriety that came along with that, with the process that took to get him to that point, there also comes … there’s always pressure in this league but probably a little bit more so. But I think that brings out the best in players, and I know that will be the case with Myles also.”
Garrett’s teammate defends him amid criticism of his absence from Cleveland Browns OTAs
Garrett has caught the ire of some fans over his absence in the Browns’ OTAs, but Browns defensive end Ogbo Okoronkwo defended his teammate, saying that there’s nothing to worry about Garrett’s condition and dedication.
“It’s not mandatory, and it’s more for the young guys,” Okoronkwo said (h/t Nate Ulrich of Akron Beacon Journal). “It’s definitely encouraging to the young guys when you see those older guys there. But for a guy like Myles, I mean, I’ve trained with Myles before. He’ll be all right when the season comes. We all know that. You let a guy like that who does all the right things [do his thing]. That’s why I don’t really understand everybody saying all those things about him.
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