Myles Garrett is saying there’s a motive why he didn’t break the sack document on Sunday whereas concurrently throwing shade at Aaron Rodgers.
Heading into the sport, the four-time All-Professional defensive finish was just one sack shy of setting the NFL single-season document. With 22 sacks throughout 15 video games, he was half a sack away from tying the all-time mark shared by Michael Strahan and Steelers’ TJ Watt.
Garrett needed to interrupt the document by getting an enormous hit on Rodgers within the backfield, nevertheless he didn’t get a sack within the Browns’ 13-6 win over the Steelers.
He had somebody accountable for the sack-less sport.
“I imply, to an extent. I really feel like they had been extra anxious about protecting me away from Aaron [Rodgers] than getting the win, and I feel that’s what got here again to chunk him,” Garrett stated per ESPN. “So, they’ll must combat it out with Baltimore subsequent week. However I’m simply pleased with the blokes for preventing and getting this one. That’s the principle factor. And I’m all the time going to maintain it that.”
Rodgers didn’t depart the sport unscathed, nevertheless.
He was sacked twice — one every for security Grant Delpit and defensive finish Alex Wright.
Garrett completed the sport with one deal with and a quarterback hit. The document breaking second might be pushed to a sport towards the Bengals in Week 18.
With the loss to the Browns, the Steelers are set for an important conflict towards the Ravens subsequent week, which is able to decide the winner of the AFC North and who will transfer on to the playoffs.
