Cleveland Browns’ defensive end Myles Garrett recorded his 23rd sack of the season in the Browns’ 20-18 victory over Cincinnati and surpassed Michael Strahan (22.5 in 2001 with the New York Giants) and T.J. Watt (22.5 in 2021 with Pittsburgh) for the most sacks in a single season since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic.
Garrett recorded his record-setting sack with 4:09 remaining in the fourth quarter, when he sacked Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow for a six-yard loss at midfield, surpassing the previous record of 22 and a half sacks held by Michael Strahan and T.J. Watt. Burrow was in the shotgun formation on first-and-10 at the Browns’ 45-yard line.
“I was like, ‘Well, we’ve got to deny fate.’ Whatever it is we’ve got to make it happen. I just went into it and still had the utmost confidence in myself and my preparation, and in my guys,” Garrett said. “Any time I started thinking I was tired or the fatigue setting in, I thought about that dream. I picked my butt up. It was time to go.”
Garrett, who has a sack in 79 career games, tied Pro Football Hall of Famers DeMarcus Ware (79 games) and Reggie White (79) for the most games with a sack by a player in his first nine seasons since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic.
Per Next Gen Stats, on the record-breaking sack, Garrett crossed the line of scrimmage 0.23 seconds after the snap, the fastest on any sack this season. Garrett’s 0.70-second average get-off time ranked as the fastest among all pass rushers with at least 200 pass rushes this season.
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