Garrett wants to know Browns' offseason plan

BEREA, Ohio -- Despite enduring different double-digit nonaccomplishment season, Browns protect extremity Myles Garrett wants to proceed his profession successful Cleveland.

But the NFL's reigning Defensive Player of the Year wants to cognize definitively that the Browns person a scheme to spot him connected a winning squad soon.

Garrett said Friday that he has nary desire for a rebuild and wants to speak to the organization's decision-makers astir its offseason plans, including astatine quarterback.

"I'm not trying to rebuild," he said. "I'm trying to triumph correct now. And I want that to beryllium evident erstwhile the play is complete and we person those discussions. I want them to beryllium capable to illuminate, exemplify that for maine truthful that tin beryllium thing I tin spot successful the adjacent future. Because that's each we want to do.

"I want to enactment loyal to a squad that showed loyalty to maine and religion successful maine by drafting me. But we person to do, astatine the extremity of the day, what's champion for us. So, if we person that alignment wherever this is thing that is still imaginable successful the adjacent early - winning, going heavy successful the playoffs, putting a awesome defense retired location ... I deliberation that would really support my mind astatine remainder and support maine settled."

Garrett, 28, has 2 years remaining connected the five-year hold he signed successful 2020. A caller woody successful the offseason could supply the Browns much-needed headdress relief. Garrett has played successful conscionable 3 playoff games since Cleveland selected him pinch the apical prime successful the 2017 draft.

Last week, Garrett expressed support for caput coach Kevin Stefanski and wide head Andrew Berry, who person led the statement since the 2020 season.

But connected Friday, Garrett was much vocal successful his desire to spot the team's plans.

When asked if those plans included the backmost position, Garrett said, "Absolutely. "Whether (quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson) is the solution aliases personification other is, it's sewage to beryllium drawn out. There's sewage to beryllium a scheme of action."

On Sunday, the Browns will commencement Thompson-Robinson, a 2023 fifth-round pick, for the precocious benched Jameis Winston. Thompson-Robinson will beryllium the 3rd backmost excessively commencement for the Browns this play and the 40th since the franchise moved backmost to Cleveland successful 1999.

Deshaun Watson, for whom the statement traded 3 first-round picks and gave a afloat guaranteed $230 cardinal statement earlier the 2022 season, sustained a season-ending correct Achilles tendon tear successful Week 7. He has posted the lowest QBR among qualifying passers since making his debut successful Cleveland.

"I want to beryllium a Cleveland Brown. I want to play here. I want to extremity my profession here," Garrett said. "But if we take to do a rebuild and it's 2, 3, 4 years out, I want to beryllium capable to compete and play astatine a precocious level, play meaningful games, and beryllium playing past January."