Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett is a four-time Pro Bowler.
But his days of participating in the Pro Bowl are over.
Garrett injured himself while participating in this year’s rendition after another last-place finish in the AFC North by the Browns.
“Retired. Done. It’s over,” Garrett told assembled media at the Browns headquarters in Berea, Ohio, on Wednesday.
If Myles were king of the NFL, he would change the rules to allow fans to participate.
“I think something including the fans,” Garrett said.
“Say, you got the D-line and the O-line to be quarterbacks and we play with fans and they would be the skill positions,” Garrett said. “And then you’d have fans being quarterback and running backs and then you have the skill guys playing their natural positions, but you have fans playing those two [other positions] — quarterback and running back — throwing to them and just playing out of the backfield.”
Whether the NFL follows Garrett’s ideas remains to be seen. However, it seems the NFL is always tinkering with ways to improve its annual All-Star game.
Garrett also admitted he’s still dealing with lingering issues from his toe injury.
“The toe is the most nagging thing, just trying to get out there, do agility, run and plant,” Garrett said. “Stuff that I can do, but it’s just nagging. It’s frustrating, but by the time the season rolls around, I don’t think any of that will be an issue.”
Myles also admitted that his agent and “everyone he knew” tried to talk him out of participating in the skills competition.
