Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett is now in his ninth season of terrorizing opposing quarterbacks.
Garrett is so relentless and productive that everyone is running out of words to describe his feats. At one point during the broadcast of Sunday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders, CBS color analyst Russ Tucker described Garrett as “inevitable,” which is probably as good a description as any.
One thing that can be said without doubt is that Garrett is record-setting after notching three of
Cleveland’s 10 sacks of Las Vegas quarterback Geno Smith in Sunday’s 24-10 victory. Those three sacks bring Garrett’s season total to 18, which breaks his franchise record of 16 sacks in a season, which Garrett hit in 2021 and 2022.
It was his fourth multi-sack game of the season and the third in his last three games.
Garrett is now just five sacks away from breaking the official NFL record of 22.5 sacks in a single season, which is currently held by T.J. Watt of the Pittsburgh Steelers (2021) and Michael Strahan of the New York Giants (2001). Garrett also has the unofficial record of 23 sacks, set by Al Baker of the Detroit Lions in 1978, squarely in his line of vision.
He also joins Hall-of-Famer Reggie White (19 sacks) and Mark Gastineau (17.5) as the only players since 1982 to have at least 17 sacks in the first 11 games of a season, according to cleveland.com.
The Browns have six games remaining on the schedule, which leaves Garrett facing:
- The San Francisco 49ers, who have allowed 19 sacks.
- The Tennessee Titans, who have allowed 45 sacks.
- The Chicago Bears, who have allowed 17 sacks.
- The Buffalo Bills, who have allowed 28 sacks.
- The Pittsburgh Steelers, who have allowed 21 sacks.
- The Cincinnati Bengals, who have allowed 24 sacks.
Six games to go to break the record and be legendary.
As Tucker said today, Garrett’s pursuit of the sack record seems inevitable.
