The Pittsburgh Steelers weren’t on the unsuitable finish of a record-setting Myles Garrett sack. They have been, nonetheless, on the unsuitable finish of the scoreboard, and Garrett believes there was a robust correlation between the 2.
“To an extent, I really feel like they have been extra anxious about holding me away from Aaron [Rodgers] than, you already know, getting the win, and I feel that is what got here again to chunk them,” Garrett mentioned after the Browns‘ 13-6 upset win in Cleveland. “They will should combat it out with Baltimore subsequent week, however I am simply pleased with the fellows for preventing and getting this win. That is the principle factor, and I am all the time gonna maintain it that.”
Garrett, who was typically chipped by a working again or tight finish or outright double-teamed, managed simply two pressures on 43 cross rush snaps, a 4.7% fee. That was his second-lowest of the season; he had only a 4.2% strain fee within the Week 6 recreation in opposition to Pittsburgh.
Garrett stays at 22 sacks on the season, one behind breaking the document of twenty-two.5 shared by Michael Strahan (2001) and T.J. Watt (2021). Sunday represented Garrett’s first recreation with out a minimum of a half-sack since that aforementioned Week 6 recreation in opposition to Pittsburgh. The Cleveland protection nonetheless dominated, although: Alex Wright and Grant Delpit each sacked Rodgers, who had a season-low 4.3 yards per try. Consequently, the Steelers will host the Baltimore Ravens for the AFC North title in Week 18; Pittsburgh may have clinched the division with a win in Cleveland.
Garrett, in the meantime, can have yet one more shot on the document when the Browns go to the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 18. Garrett had two sacks within the Week 1 matchup between the 2 groups.
