Could history happen against one of the best quarterbacks in NFL history?
Cleveland Browns superstar defensive end Myles Garrett is one sack away from setting the NFL record for registered sacks in a single season, a joint record held by Michael Strahan (22.5 sacks in 2001 with the New York Giants) and T.J. Watt (22.5 sacks in 2021 with the Pittsburgh Steelers). And this weekend, Garrett and the Browns host quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the AFC North-rival Steelers.
Garrett called the possibility of breaking the single-season sack record against Rodgers, a four-time NFL MVP, “special.”
“[Rodgers is] legendary himself, and it is a legendary file I am right here chasing,” Garrett mentioned on Friday about probably breaking the single-season sack file by bringing down Rodgers, per ESPN. “That’d be an important one to place an image on the wall with.”
By 15 video games this season, Garrett leads the NFL in sacks (22.0) and tackles for loss (32), whereas additionally tallying three compelled fumbles and 58 mixed tackles. Garrett, a four-time All-Professional and seven-time Professional Bowler, has registered double-digit sacks in every of the final eight seasons and is first in Browns historical past with 124.5 recorded sacks, 148 tackles for loss and 23 compelled fumbles.
At current, Garrett’s 22 sacks has him tied with three gamers for the third-most in a single season: Jared Allen (2011), Justin Houston (2014) and Mark Gastineau (1984).
Cleveland is 3-12 and presently has the No. 3 choose within the 2026 NFL Draft, whereas Pittsburgh is atop the AFC North at 9-6. With that mentioned, the Browns have received every of their final three residence matchups in opposition to the Steelers, and Pittsburgh shall be with out star extensive receiver DK Metcalf, who’s serving a two-game suspension for “initiating a bodily confrontation with a fan” in the course of the workforce’s Week 16 highway victory over the Detroit Lions.
May the Browns get a two-for-one: Garrett breaks the sack file in opposition to the Steelers, they usually cease their division rival from clinching the AFC North title?
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