The Cleveland Browns are unlikely to replace Myles Garrett, and quickly become a great all-time great.
However, maintaining the team’s defensive talent in the coming seasons could be in the realm of reality as the Browns’ roster boasts an all-time high when it comes to its young talent.
Garrett was traded to the Los Angeles Rams for Jared Verse, the 2024 AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year. He will join Cleveland linebacker Carson Schwesinger, the 2025 Defensive Rookie of the Year, making the Browns the first team to select a Defensive Rookie of the Year from each of the last two seasons since the AP began awarding the DROTY in 1967.
The next such scenario came in 1980, when the Atlanta Falcons celebrated linebackers Al Richardson and Buddy Curry sharing AP DROTY honors.
“Man, this guy can fly,” Verse, 25, said Wednesday during organized team activities, via Cleveland.com’s Ashley Bastock of Schwesinger. “No, he can win. I like it very much. I like to know that with that behind me I can – I’m not too worried about.
“I can play freely because I don’t have to worry if something hits me. He’s going to be able to handle it. He’s going to be able to clean everything up. So no, that’s the exciting part right there.”