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CINCINNATI, Ohio — Myles Garrett became nan NFL’s single-season sack grounds holder, and he helped nan Browns adjacent retired their 2025 play with a 20-18 triumph against nan Bengals connected Sunday successful Cincinnati.
Garrett’s sack pinch 5:04 to play gave him 23 connected nan season, breaking nan grounds antecedently shared by Michael Strahan and T.J. Watt. It was 1 of 2 sacks nan Browns had connected Joe Burrow.
They besides turned complete nan Bengals doubly and returned some of them for touchdowns.
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Rookie backmost Shedeur Sanders struggled successful his last commencement of nan season, completing 11 of 22 passes for 111 yards. He was sacked six times and mislaid a fumble.
But he besides helped lead a thrust aft Burrow threw a four-yard touchdown walk to Ja’Marr Chase to get nan Browns and kicker Andre Szmyt into field-goal range.
Szmyt, who missed 2 kicks successful nan Week 1 nonaccomplishment to nan Bengals successful Cleveland, converted from 49 yards to springiness nan Browns their 5th triumph of nan season.
Here is really societal media reacted to nan game.
“CONGRATULATIONS MY GOOD BROTHER!!!!!!! @Flash_Garrett,” LeBron James posted.
“Congrats Myles @Flash_Garrett," former Browns backmost Bernie Kosar posted.
"@Flash_Garrett yes sir......CONGRATULATIONS MY GUY!!" Hall of Fame receiver Randy Moss posted.
“Congratulation to nan Og MYLES GARRETT! #legendary! @Flash_Garrett" Packers protect lineman Micah Parsons posted.
“First off, congrats to Myles! What an accomplishment particularly pinch really he’s crippled planned.
This play is simply a cleanable illustration of his greatness. The LT is somewhat early but it looks for illustration Myles is getting his publication disconnected nan LT because he moves almost correct aft and is easy nan first feline going. This allows him to beryllium connected a akin timing to a normal play (aka not “late” and down nan LT trying to hit him) and pinch his velocity and crook it’s an easy win. The greats aren’t conscionable clued successful to nan shot aliases nan QB for threat count. They person sounds connected individual OL excessively and we tin spot really bully Myles is astatine that connected this historical sack," former Browns violative tackle Mitchell Schwartz posted astir Garrett’s sack.
“Joe Thomas is 1 of nan top players astatine his position successful nan history of nan game. Sadly he ne'er had immoderate opportunity to radiance successful station season. So acold Myles Garrett is connected nan aforesaid path. People should guidelines for Cleveland successful nan early conscionable to make judge that doesn’t hap again,” former Browns CEO Joe Banner posted.
“According to @NextGenStats, Myles Garrett had a get-off of 0.23 seconds connected his record-breaking sack. To put that successful context, his mean get-off is 0.70 sec, which leads nan league. That’s nan fastest clip recorded by immoderate subordinate connected immoderate sack this year. Absolute alien," ESPN’s Mina Kimes posted.
“Myles Garrett — nan top walk rusher to ever do it," Mike Lucas of nan Ultimate Cleveland Sports Show posted.
“Browns are 8-26 nan past 2 years. How galore games would they person won if you swapped retired Myles for a convention mean protect end?” Anthony Lima of 92.3 The Fan posted.
“Congratulations to Myles Garrett Epic infinitesimal successful nan history of ball.. will beryllium remembered, glorified and chatted astir forever,” ESPN characteristic Pat McAfee posted.
“I’ve seen Joe break retired of a unreserved for illustration that a 1000 times earlier lol But hey, extremity of nan headdress to you Myles. You merit your flowers,” YouTube movie expert Brett Kollmann posted.
“Congratulations to Myles Garrett 23 sacks is simply a large number nicely done Mr. October,” MLB Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson posted.
“Myles sewage a sack record. Shedeur sewage a crippled winning drive. Szmyt sewage redemption. Lotta nosy stories for a ‘meaningless game,’” ESPN Cleveland’s Aaron Goldhammer posted.
“Congrats to Myles Garrett.... loved watching him successful college, emotion watching him now. Amazing. The caller sack king,” Matthew Berry of NBC Sports posted.
“He’s done it. Myles Garrett is your caller azygous play sack leader,” NFL media characteristic Shannon Sharpe posted.
“Good for you Myles Garrett. That’s an astonishing accomplishment. Best protect subordinate successful nan world,” ESPN expert Ryan Clark posted.
“Congratulations Myles Garrett, can’t hold to get that crippled jersey you promised,” former Bengals receiver Chad Johnson posted.
“Shedeur went 3-4 successful his 7 starts. Thats your week 1 Browns starting Qb *fuels location for nan remainder of wintertime based disconnected heated responses to this tweet*” Nick Wilson of 92.3 The Fan posted.
“I tin understand being intrigued by Shedeur Sanders arsenic a developmental prospect, but I don’t deliberation there’s a beardown statement for him to beryllium nan Browns’ No. 1 backmost entering 2026,” Awful Announcing’s Ben Axelrod posted.
“There’s been a batch of study & contention complete it, & I haven’t shied distant from my thoughts... nan Browns went 3-4 w/ Shedeur Sanders arsenic QB1 going into game, & went 1-8 otherwise. Sanders has a batch to activity on, & again this is deeper than record, but common, he’s an NFL starter,” Adam Munsterteiger, who covers Colorado athletics for 247Sports, posted.
“Congratulations to Miles Garrett for breaking nan NFL single-season sack record,” Hall of Fame receiver Cris Carter posted.
“Congrats! @Flash_Garrett," Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes posted pinch 2 bicep flex emojis.
