Myles Garrett had three sacks in his first game back from a two-month stint on injured reserve and the L.A. Rams edge rusher says that he plans to get a lot more than that. In fact, Garrett told Rich Eisen that he will specifically be looking to cross off the names ahead of him in sacks this year week by week and that he believes he can win Defensive Player of the Year in 2026 despite already missing seven games.
Given that he had 23 sacks last season, are Garrett’s goals that crazy?
The NFL leader in sacks is Will Anderson, who currently stands at 9.5. “I don’t plan to make it easy for (Anderson),” Garrett said on the Rich Eisen Show on Thursday.
Anderson’s league-leading total is 1.5 sacks more than Gregory Rosseau and Chase Young in second place with eight each.
There are 11 players who have at least six sacks, which is twice as many as Garrett right now.
However, Garrett had three sacks last week. If he has three sacks this week against the Cardinals — a team starting Carson Beck in his NFL debut — he will already be knocking on the door of the top-10 heading into L.A.’s bye week.
Garrett would then have seven more games left in the season.
Over Garrett’s best seven-game stretch of 2025, he had 16 sacks with the Cleveland Browns. Of course, if Garrett gets 19 sacks over his last eight games, starting this Sunday, he will obviously be in the running for Defensive Player of the Year, like he plans to be.
Garrett made a stunning claim on the Rich Eisen Show. What’s more amazing is that he doesn’t sound crazy.
