Zac Jackson: Myles Garrett Would Be Here If Jim Schwartz Was Here

Zac Jackson from The Athletic gives the Myles Garrett trade his overall approval while validating the process that led to it, but the moment that stops everything is his flat declaration that if Jim Schwartz had been hired as head coach, Garrett is still a Cleveland Brown heading into year ten. The Browns get credit for making a sound long-term decision, with Jackson framing the rebuild timeline around the back half of 2027 and 2028 rather than anything happening this season, and Andrew Barry gets a strong endorsement for his willingness to embrace where the franchise actually is rather than pretending otherwise. The Brendan Sorsby supplemental draft question gets a smart answer too, with Jackson pointing out that in a silent auction nobody tips their hand, which means anything anyone says publicly about him should be taken with a full shaker of salt.