Miles Garrett and Cooper Cup are on the trading table, but who really wants them?

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And obviously, the main story this week is, of course, the Super Bowl.

But the main story that's being talked about while we wait for the main story to arrive is Miles Garrett. Spencer German, let's start with you, host of Lockdowne Browns. I, for one, am a fan of your take, but let's, let's, what does this mean for Miles? What does this mean for the Cleveland Browns? Yeah, you know, it's funny. I know a couple of you guys are down in New Orleans for the Super Bowl, but I felt like this was the closest, the bronze fans have probably ever felt to, like, dominating Super Bowl week. Like, oh, the Browns came to make off the Super Bowl, but they've never actually come to the course to actually playing in it. So it's really for all the wrong reasons. But yeah, you know, I've kind of been in the camp of as long as Miles Garrett wants to be part of this thing, I think you do sort of try to thread the needle on staying competitive, not ripping it down to the studs. But as soon as this trade request comes out and it's like, hey, I want out. I don't want to be part of this anymore. I think that kind of provides the clarity that you're looking for if you're the Browns for like you don't have to operate in this limbo of are we a team that's close to contending or are we a team that needs to start all over? I think this kind of just tells you, yeah, rip off the band-aid and accumulate as many draft picks as possible and start worrying about the draft in 2025 and 2026 and getting this thing back on track as soon as you can. Yeah. And I think, you know, there's some conversations being out about this where some people think this is yet another demand to be traded because I actually just want to be paid a lot of money. Kevin Ostriker locked on Ravens. I want to get your thoughts on that because

man, when I look at this, not only did Miles come out and say, I want to be traded. He said,

I want to go win a championship, which I don't think there's a lot of people here that think

Cleveland Browns in their current construction are on the cusp of winning a championship.

But also, he used the GM's own saying Cleveland to Canton against him in his statement. To me, that kind of indicates that this is not about money. What are your thoughts? No, I completely agree. And usually when we do see situations like this, I mean, I went through this a couple years ago over on Lockedown Ravens with Lamar Jackson, where Lamar ended up putting a trade request on social media, obviously, that was due to a contract.

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