Browns trade Myles Garrett to Rams: Seven big questions - ESPN

LOS ANGELES — The Rams and Cleveland Browns are finalizing a trade that will send defensive end Myles Garrett to Los Angeles in exchange for outside linebacker Jared Verse, a 2027 first-round draft pick, a 2028 second-round pick and a 2029 third-round pick, sources told NFL Network's Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero and ESPN's Adam Schefter on Monday.

Garrett, a two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year, is coming off a 23-sack season, the most by any player in a season since 1982 when individual sacks became official. Verse, the 2024 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, has been named to the Pro Bowl in his first two NFL seasons.

Garrett joins a Rams defense that finished the 2025 season with the eighth-highest pass rush win rate in the league, according to NFL Next Gen Stats. Now, Los Angeles adds Garrett, who has the third-highest PRWR (25.8%) as an edge defender since entering the NFL as the No. 1 pick out of Texas A&M in 2017.

Once Garrett plays a down for the Rams, it will mark the third time any player won NFL Defensive Player of the Year and then played the next season with a different team, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

As of Monday afternoon, the Rams' odds at DraftKings Sportsbook to win the Super Bowl jumped from +800 to +600. Los Angeles is also the favorite to win the NFC (+300) and the NFC West (+100).

For more on how this blockbuster trade impacts the Browns and Rams, ESPN NFL Nation reporters Sarah Barshop and Daniel Oyefusi answer top questions facing each team; national NFL reporters Dan Graziano and Jeremy Fowler break down both salary caps; NFL analyst Ben Solak digs into the scheme fits for both players; NFL draft analyst Matt Miller offers insights for the 2027 class; and NFL analyst Seth Walder