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Myles Garrett trade: Detroit Lions proposed as partner for Cleveland Browns by Mike Tannenbaum

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Mike Tannenbaum thinks one of the best teams from last season should one of the best players available this offseason.

On ‘Get Up’ on Thursday, Tannenbaum suggested a deal for the Detroit Lions to trade for Myles Garrett from the Cleveland Browns. That’s to ensure that they keep that defensive pressure next year after they were hit hard with injuries this past season.

“Coming down the stretch, Detroit really had a lot of injuries and they really struggled rushing the passer. Even though they’ve got Za’Darius Smith, Aidan Hutchinson coming back, for Detroit to get to where they want to go? To beat San Francisco, Philadelphia, Green Bay, Minnesota? They’re going to have to be much more consistent and need more depth to rush the passes,” Tannenbaum said. “Myles Garrett would be ideal.”

Garrett, the former Defensive Player of the Year, requested a trade from the Browns to start the month of February in order to contend in his career. As of now, Cleveland has no reported interest in dealing him but, even so, their defensive end became the biggest name on the apparent market with that news.

Garrett, the No. 1 pick for the Browns in 2017, just finished his eighth season in Cleveland and was as impactful as ever. He posted 47 tackles, with a career and league-high of 22 being for loss, and 14 sacks, which was second-most in the league.

With that, Garrett has been a Pro Bowler in each of the last five seasons and been a First Team All-Pro in four of those five. In that half decade, Garrett has averaged 49.6 tackles, 16.8 being for loss, and 14.4 sacks plus 14 forced fumbles with five recoveries.

As for the Lions, they’re coming off an all-time regular season as they went 15-2 overall. That was with the top offense in the league and a top-ten defense that allowed 20.1 ppg. However, following the season-ending broken leg for Hutchinson, Detroit didn’t get as much pressure as they averaged 4.2 sacks and 5.4 tackles for loss over the first five games and then averaged 1.7 sacks and 3.8 tackles for loss over the final thirteen.

That would get a lift right away under their new defensive coordinator if the Lions land Garrett, as Tannenbaum suggested this morning.