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Cleveland Browns All-Pro defensive end has been on a tear this season. He has recorded 14 sacks in his last five games, putting him on pace to demolish the NFL’s single-season sack record.
Heading into Week 13, he has a whopping 18 sacks. Garrett needs five sacks over the final six weeks to surpass T.J. Watt and Michael Strahan for the record.
“I don’t even think about it as a want — I just think about something that I’m going to knock down,” Garrett said, via Joe Reedy of the Associated Press. “It’s already been written in my mind that it’s going just how far I’m going to take it. So, just going to go out there and do what I do, and whatever number I end up at.”
Garrett had four sacks last Sunday in the Browns’ 24-10 win over the Las Vegas Raiders and was named the AFC Defensive Player of the Week. His 14 sacks over the last five games surpassed Strahan’s 12 1/2 in 2001 for most in that span since stats became an official stat in 1982.
“It’s written on my tape, so if y’all fortunate enough to see it, then you all will know,” Garrett told reporters regarding how many sacks he wants to end up with at the end of the season.
Garrett had the number 25 written on his right wrist tape in Cleveland’s Nov. 9 game against the New York Jets and last week against the Las Vegas Raiders, according to photos captured by the Associated Press.
Garrett had a team-record five sacks in the Browns’ Week 8 game against the New England Patriots, passing T.J. Watt on the NFL’s all-time sack list. Garrett currently has 120.5 sacks, while Watt has 115.0.
Both selected in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft, the AFC North rivals have been compared to one another throughout their career. Each had seven sacks in their rookie years and Garret was ahead by a half at the end of the 2018 season, but then Watt pulled away in a big way from 2019-21.
This season has been dominated by Garrett, however. Watt has only seven sacks this year.
At his current pace, Garrett will surpass Watt in another significant milestone.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: Myles Garrett on Pace to Obliterate T.J. Watt’s Sack Record
