The Los Angeles Rams made the biggest splash move of the offseason when they laid it all out on the table and traded for two-time Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett. The Ringer's Tom Pelissero reported on Wednesday that they weren't the only team trying to make that splash... "Sources say another team called Cleveland on the day the trade leaked: The Bills, who had checked in periodically on Garrett’s availability for the better part of two years," Pelissero wrote in his column for The Ringer on Wednesday.
"Previously, the answer had always been the same: Myles Garrett is not available. Even if the Bills would’ve matched the draft pick compensation in the Rams’ trade package—and talks never got there—they couldn’t offer to trade a young edge player on a rookie contract such as (Jared) Verse, whose inclusion in the deal was pivotal in getting the Browns to relent and move the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year." The Bills, unable to meet the extremely expensive asking price of first-, second-, third-round picks and Jared Verse, pivoted and supplemented their pass-rush with the additions of two-wime Pro Bowl pass-rusher Bradley Chubb and second-round pick T.J. The Rams, knowing they aren't going to add any young players of significance over the next two years since they've traded all their draft picks, supplemented the most dominant defensive player in the league with perhaps the most dominant defensive players of all time.
The Browns, well... they might eventually find themselves in a decent spot with Verse. Pelissero's report is a reminder of just how fluid things are throughout the offseason, with two teams hoping to make a run at the whole thing on dual phone lines. LA won the battle, but Buffalo still likes its chances at winning the war.
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