By admin 
When people come up with trading ideas, there is normally a very clear winner and loser. You often see them from fans trying to broker an unbalanced deal. On Friday morning, former NFL GM Mike Tannenbaum pitched a trade involving Myles Garrett that is so unbelievably bad, so mind-bogglingly terrible that none of the teams involved would enjoy it for a second.
Finished? I promise you’re not.
Lions receive: DE Myles Garrett
Tanning receiving: three first-round picks, second-round pick, RB Jahmyr Gibbs
This proposal is so bad that it’s honestly hard to write about it. Now, in terms of Detroit, there’s no doubt that they want to strengthen their pass rushing as we approach the playoffs in light of Aiden Hutchinson’s injurybut what you’re asking for here is for the team to blow up their current offense and their future pipeline in order to survive the rest of the season and then have the best pass rush in the NFL.
Why this would be horrible for the Lions
Let’s start with the big one: Jahmyr Gibbs critical to their transgression. He’s on pace for over 1,400 yards rushing and 15 touchdowns this season, and that’s before we even talk about his receiving yards as a factor in the offense.
Then we get to the cap numbers, and Detroit could certainly absorb Garrett’s salary — but it would eat up all of their functional cap space going forward. That would make it incredibly difficult to work out upcoming deals for their numerous top draft picks without hoping for a huge increase in the salary cap.
Finally, we have THE FOUR DRAFT PICKS ready to head to Cleveland, including three firsts. Granted, they would all likely be late picks, but it would completely hinder the Lions’ ability to build key pieces of their roster through 2028.
This is the kind of trade you make for a franchise quarterback if you think they’ll make you a buck Super Bowl. Myles Garrett is the best defensive player in the NFL as far as I’m concerned, and I don’t think he would guarantee a Super Bowl for the Lions.
Just terrible all around.
Why this would be horrible for the Browns
Cleveland is a team that doesn’t have many franchise-defining players in their history. Myles Garrett is one of them.
Making this deal would be tantamount to ripping the soul out of the team for a handful of magic beans and Jahmyr Gibbs, who is incredible but doesn’t fit into the Browns offense at all. They would be giving up their best defensive player, a man who can literally single-handedly change a game and weaken the entire organization for nothing.
Then you factor in what time those picks will be, all likely in the late 20s at best, and the chances of the Browns finding another player even remotely close to Garrett’s capabilities with those selections are zero.
Sure, on paper it’s a huge amount of money, but functionally it makes no sense in practice.
Who wins?
Nobody. There’s a reason why Mike Tannenbaum failed as GM of the Jets.