Trades! Myles Garrett and A.J. Brown Dealt in Blockbuster Moves

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🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Sheil and The Ringer’s own Diante Lee react to a shocking June 1 in the NFL, breaking down the Rams’ blockbuster trade for Myles Garrett, what the deal means for the Browns’ rebuild, and which contenders should have been more aggressive. Then, they unpack A.J. Brown’s move to New England, the Eagles’ return, and whether the Patriots just gave Drake Maye the no. 1 receiver he needed. (00:00) Intro (00:53) Browns trade Myles Garrett to the Rams (23:03) The trade from Cleveland’s perspective (35:52) Would you make that deal? (42:25) Eagles trade A.J. Brown to the Patriots (52:36) The trade from New England’s perspective Host: Sheil Kapadia Guest: Diante Lee Producers: Chris Sutton and Steve Ahlman Video editor: Stefano Sanchez Production supervision: Conor Nevins and Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Ringer NFL show. I'm your host, Sheal Capadia. A wild day in the NFL
0:11.8	to blockbuster trades. Miles Garrett goes from the Cleveland Browns to the Los Angeles Rams.
0:18.2	Totally unexpected. And then the expected move, AJ Brown gets traded from the Philadelphia Eagles to the Los Angeles Rams. Totally unexpected. And then the expected move,
0:21.5	AJ Brown gets traded
0:22.9	from the Philadelphia Eagles
0:24.2	to the New England Patriots.
0:25.7	We finally find out the compensation.
0:28.0	So we had to break down
0:29.1	those trades from every single angle
0:31.4	in great detail.
0:32.8	We have my friend,
0:33.9	Deante Lee,
0:34.9	from the ringer to talk about it.
0:36.7	Let's take a break.
0:39.2	We'll come right back with Deante. All right. We're back with Deontay. All right, we are back here on the Ringer NFL show with my friend Deontale.
0:55.8	Deante has to be the most eventful June 1st.
0:59.7	I don't know if it's an NFL history, certainly during my podcast career, a wild day in the NFL.
1:06.5	100%.
1:07.2	I can't remember the last time we were actually like counting down to a certain time on June 1st. But, you know, with the AJ Brown trade, it's like everybody knew like, okay, 4 Eastern, we're all going to be waiting by our phones, looking for the notification.
1:19.4	Obviously, the Miles Garrett trade earlier this morning was a much bigger shock to the system. But yeah, I would say in my lifetime, the most I think I've ever had to care about
1:27.9	something happening after June 1st in my life. Incredible. It's like the new start of free agency.
1:32.9	All right, we're going to break down the two monster trades in the NFL. We got to start with Miles
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