Myles Garrett opted to return to the Cleveland Browns over the weekend on a record-setting contract extension that will pay him $40 million per year with $123.5 million guaranteed, the largest annual salary for a defensive player in NFL history.

Garrett said his trade request and insistence that he was ready to play for a contender were "necessary" to further the conversation.

Five weeks passed between Myles Garrett demanding a trade and his record-setting contract extension with the Browns, a shift that settles a brief, dramatic standoff between the defensive end and the Cleveland franchise.