2025 NFL Odds: Myles Garrett Closely Favored to Break Sacks Report

[ad_1] Is it time Myles Garrett received 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 means of 12 video games for 3-9 Cleveland.

Sure, the Browns aren't excellent, however he certain is.

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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 document.

The chances — Myles Garrett to interrupt the single-season sack document at DraftKings Sportsbook (23+ sacks): -1000 (guess $10 to win $11 complete)

That document belongs to 2 folks: Corridor-of-Fame defensive finish Michael Strahan — who recorded 22.5 sacks in the course of 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 in the course of the 2021-22 season.

First, to Strahan.

Remarkably, he didn't have a sack after the primary two weeks of the 2001-02 season. Nevertheless, 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 way of 12 video games that season, Strahan had 16.5 sacks — 2.5 fewer than Garrett has right now.

Nevertheless, Strahan had simply 16 video games to set the document 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 yr and nonetheless tied the document.

Watt had 16 sacks by means of 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 document.

Statistically talking, Garrett has 14 sacks within the final 5 video games.

In different phrases, we'll be retaining an eye fixed out for historical past over the subsequent few weeks.

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