Myles Garrett’s chase for NFL history will come to a close on Sunday, one way or another.
And you could make an easy case that Joe Burrow was the quarterback destined to play a supporting role in the signature moment of Garrett’s latest sack crusade.
Garrett will lead the Cleveland Browns into Cincinnati in Week 18, still sitting one sack shy of breaking the NFL’s single-season sack record of 22.5.
Garrett currently has 22 sacks in 16 games. If he can get to 23-plus, he’ll pass current record holders Michael Strahan and T.J. Watt, albeit with the bonus of a 17-game season; Strahan accomplished the feat in 16 games in 2001, and Watt only needed 15 games to do it in 2021, despite missing two games due to injuries.