Free agency hasn’t even officially begun yet Johnny Manziel Jersey 2019 , but the Cleveland Browns are feeling mighty good about their future after the team swung a trade for former New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. on Tuesday.Browns defensive end Myles Garrett said on NFL Network Tuesday evening that he believes that the outlook in Cleveland is much brighter than it has been in a long time.“I think the tide has turned and we can’t wait to get out there and prove it,” Garrett said. “It looks good on paper but we’ve got to prove it.”Garrett said that the players had heard rumblings that something big may be brewing for the team and were a bit surprised when nothing happened on Monday.“I’m not going to say I predicted anything, but it was surprising to me that we had a very quiet Monday,” Garrett said. “We were hearing a lot of inklings about OBJ coming to us, getting him on a trade, so, you know, making this happen, I was kind of expecting something big. We kind of got him for a little steal.”Cleveland pulled off the trade by sending first- and third-round picks along with safety Jabrill Peppers to the Giants in exchange for Beckham. The trade follows another deal the Browns swung with the Giants in acquiring defensive end Olivier Vernon in exchange for guard Kevin Zeitler and a swap of mid-round draft picks.With plenty of cap space to dive into, the Browns were expected to be significant factors in free agency. They managed to add defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson on that front as well to pair with Garrett and Vernon up front. Cleveland’s offense depth next season will include Baker Mayfield Orange Terrance West Jersey , Nick Chubb, (potentially) Kareem Hunt, Jarvis Landry, Beckham, Antonio Callaway and David Njoku.The buzz around the team is unavoidable, especially with the Pittsburgh Steelers moving forward without Antonio Brown and Le'Veon Bell and the Baltimore Ravens losing C.J. Mosley, Eric Weddle and John Brown.“Mostly I’ve heard from the D-linemen and they’re excited,” Garrett said. “We want to see them score points so we can get on the field, make big plays, get sacks Terrance West Jersey 2019 , strip sacks and just get the ball back to them so we can watch them score. There’s going to be an offensive high-flying display on the other side of the ball. We can’t wait to get the ball back to them.”The Browns will need to make sure they don’t inadvertently crater like the Philadelphia Eagles did after their “Dream Team” offseason of 2011. But for perhaps the first time since the team returned to Cleveland in 1999 the Browns might have something big brewing on the shores of Lake Erie. To fully assess whether the Giants got enough for receiver Odell Beckham Jr. from the Browns, one key factor needs to be considered: How much could they have gotten if they’d traded him earlier?It’s a fair question, given that they could have traded him last year, but reportedly held out for two first-round picks. Instead of trading Beckham, the Giants signed him to a new deal, and they paid him $21.495 million for ultimately only 12 games.They could have traded him before the 2018 draft, and they didn’t. They could have traded him after the draft, and they didn’t. They ultimately signed him to a long-term contract, gave him a lot of money, and ultimately gave him up — possibly for less than they could have gotten last year.Ultimately Orange Bernie Kosar Jersey , that’s the real question that needs to be asked, and ideally would be honestly answered (even if it never will be). What could they have had in 2018, and why didn’t they take it before giving Beckham all that money for a dozen games?Whatever the outcome, remember this: Chris Simms has said the Patriots inquired about Beckham last year, and that New England’s interest prompted the Giants to reconsider their willingness to trade him. Obviously, they’ve since reconsidered their reconsideration, and they’ll now be picking up the pieces while trying to calm down a fan base that overwhelmingly believes the team got rid of the wrong guy on the roster who was due to make $17 million this year.