BEREA — Myles Garrett made it clear in February he wanted to p lay for a contender . The Browns defensive end ultimately ended his public trade request with a four-year contract extension to keep him in Cleveland until he's in his mid-30s.

Five games into the season, the Browns are 1-4 as they prepare to head to Pittsburgh to face the Steelers. Not only that, they traded away to opening-day starters in quarterback Joe Flacco and cornerback Greg Newsome II on back-to-back days in the middle of the week.

Not exactly the look of a contender or organization that's thinking about winning in the present, at least on the outside. To their star edge rusher, he has no doubts the Browns remain committed to the same goals that they were months ago when he re-committed to them. Buy Cleve

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