The unfortunate reality for Cleveland Browns DE Myles Garrett, and fans of the team, is that the star defender is on the Joe Thomas career arc: Lots of individual accomplishments with very little team success. Garrett plays a role as, instead of holding to his trade demand, he signed a lucrative contract extension with the Browns this offseason that makes a trade to a better team unlikely.
Rumors and speculation at the NFL trade deadline were shot down, despite a huge haul likely coming back to Cleveland.
Instead, Garrett is left to pursue individual records and milestones, like passing DE Reggie White earlier this season, for the rest of the 2025 NFL season. In the weekly press release from the NFL, 11 players were highlighted as looking to “set historic marks or reach career milestones in Week 11 of the 2025 NFL season.“ Garrett was the only defensive player on the list:
With a sack on Sunday against Baltimore (4:25 p.m. ET, FOX), Garrett will tie Pro Football Hall of Famer Jared Allen (74 games) for the fourth-most games with a sack by a player in his first nine seasons since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic, trailing only Pro Football Hall of Famers Reggie White (79 games) and Demarcus Ware (79) along with Von Miller (77).
Additionally, with his next sack, Garrett can become the first player since 1982 with at least 12 sacks in six consecutive seasons, surpassing Pro Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor (five consecutive seasons from 1985-89).
The Browns record may not be what Garrett and fans want but the star defender continues to prove he is one of one in the NFL and continues to move his way closer to the top of the list of best defenders in league history.
