Is it time Myles Garrett bought a brand new nickname?
Myles the Menace? Myles the Monster? Myles … the all-time single-season sack chief?
Monikers apart, Garrett is on a tear this season. He has a league-leading 19 sacks by 12 video games for 3-9 Cleveland.
Sure, the Browns aren’t superb, however he positive is.
This web page might comprise affiliate hyperlinks to authorized sports activities betting companions. In the event you join or place a wager, FOX Sports activities could also be compensated. Learn extra about Sports activities Betting on FOX Sports activities.
Garrett has posted three video games this season with two or extra sacks. He had two towards Cincinnati in Week 1, an unbelievable 5 towards New England in Week 8, after which an uncanny 4 in Week 11 towards Baltimore.
In Week 12, he had three towards the Raiders, and in Week 13, he had one towards San Francisco.
Now, to the all-time report.
The percentages — Myles Garrett to interrupt the single-season sack report at DraftKings Sportsbook (23+ sacks): -1000 (wager $10 to win $11 whole)
That report belongs to 2 folks: Corridor-of-Fame defensive finish Michael Strahan — who recorded 22.5 sacks through the 2001-02 season with the New York Giants — and Pittsburgh’s four-time first-team All-Professional linebacker T.J. Watt, who tied Strahan through the 2021-22 season.
First, to Strahan.
Remarkably, he didn’t have a sack after the primary two weeks of the 2001-02 season. Nonetheless, he had three in Week 3, 4 in Week 5, two in each Weeks 6 and seven, after which 3.5 in Week 15, amongst a bunch of different video games the place he had between 0.5 and 1.5.
By 12 video games that season, Strahan had 16.5 sacks — 2.5 fewer than Garrett has at present.
Nonetheless, Strahan had simply 16 video games to set the report again then. Garrett has 17 video games to tug off the feat.
As for Watt, the exceptional nature of his 2021-22 season is the truth that he missed two video games that 12 months and nonetheless tied the report.
Watt had 16 sacks by 13 weeks (10 video games for him), and completed the season with 3.5 sacks in Week 13 and 4 in Week 17, amongst different robust particular person defensive video games.
Mathematically talking, Garrett wants 4 sacks within the subsequent 5 video games to overhaul the report.
Statistically talking, Garrett has 14 sacks within the final 5 video games.
In different phrases, we’ll be protecting an eye fixed out for historical past over the subsequent few weeks.
Need nice tales delivered proper to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports activities account, and observe leagues, groups and gamers to obtain a customized e-newsletter day by day!
