Elite edge rusher Myles Garrett playing for the Seattle Seahawks is certainly a nice thought, and one can safely assume that general manager John Schneider contacting the Cleveland Browns to see if Garrett is available sounds like a reasonable report. After all, Schneider will explore any avenue that might improve his team.
What one must be careful about is taking the inkling of a link and then blowing that fully into Garrett having a good chance of playing his home games at Lumen Field in the future. To be clear, this is not something that Dan Viens said on his Seahawks Forever podcast recently, but the way it was presented might have played with some 12s' hearts.
Viens began his nearly 10-minute episode with a graphic in huge red letters that said, "Special report!!" This would make many people think what Viens was about to say was something that might soon be verified by reports that the greater NFL fanbase trusts, such as ESPN's Adam Schefter or NFL (dot com)'s Ian Rapoport.
Rumor linking the Browns' Myles Garrett with the Seattle Seahawks is very wait-and-see
That hasn't happened, and might not ever occur. The question might be what insider source Viens has that Seattle Times reporter Bob Condotta or Tacoma Tribune's Gregg Bell, among others, don't have. If Viens' source is correct, though, then John Schneider is kicking the kind of tires he does nearly every offseason, but not the kind of news that would need a "Special Report!!"
In the episode, Viens states that he was "told by a source with direct knowledge of the situation" that Schneider had spoken with Browns general manager, Andrew Berry, about Myles Garrett. Schneider had also discussed a possible trade for edge rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux.
Viens then read, seemingly directly from his source, "This is a serious inquiry. I’m not saying a trade is imminent, but we’ve called the Browns and the Giants. John spoke with Andrew Berry, who is the Browns' general manager, about a Myles Garrett trade (due diligence, but very interested)...I don’t know who John spoke with in the Giants front office, but Thibodeaux is a serious trade target."
The podcaster (and former writer for 12th Man Rising) does qualify all of his speculation later in the episode by adding, "This could all just be due diligence. There is no indication that these talks are at an advanced stage of any kind."
Right, and that's ultimately the point of why no one should get overly excited about Viens' "special report," because, ultimately, there was no specialness to it. John Schneider simply does the same thing all the time, which is to see if he can gain any traction on bringing a player to make the Seattle Seahawks better.
Schneider isn't doing anything new, though the podcast started off being presented as quite the opposite. For fans to really get excited, one would want to hear of potential trade talks being further along and reported by those with more clout. Just as if one were to read, "Lee Vowell has a source who says...," you should likely look to see if multiple sources are reporting the same thing.
Still, Seahawks fans can certainly hope that Dan Viens' source is very close to a possible Myles Garrett situation and that the Browns are willing to accept a first-round 2026 draft pick at No. 32. This is where Seattle is set to choose currently, and any trade would likely involve that selection.
At this point, the expectation is that the Seahawks don't acquire Garrett, who set an NFL record with 23 sacks in 2025. He is expensive, but elite. His cap hit, according to Over the Cap, moves to nearly $63 million in 2029 and nearly $58 million in 2030. Those numbers are certainly something that would give John Schneider pause before any potential trade with the Browns would be done.
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