Myles Garrett is ready to start carving a tombstone for Aaron Rodgers as the Cleveland Browns gear up for their matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday.
Garrett has more than 100 career sacks but has never taken down Rodgers, who signed with Pittsburgh this offseason.
Garrett brings out his infamous quarterback graveyard at Halloween, featuring headstones of quarterbacks he’s sacked — from Joe Burrow to Lamar Jackson. He’s ready to add the four-time MVP, whom he has a lot of respect for.
“He’s a great one,” Garrett said Friday. “He’ll probably get propped up a little bit higher than some of the others. But yeah. I’d be honored to put him in the graveyard, and definitely a lot of respect for what he’s done in his career, because he’s special.”
Garrett already has quite a list of quarterbacks in the graveyard. He has a hard time narrowing it down to a top five.
“I’m sure Pat (Mahomes) will be on there. Ben (Roethlisberger) would be on there. (Tom) Brady would be on there. Let’s see, I think one day (Justin) Herbert will be in there. He’s going to be a Hall of Famer one day, but after that, I don’t know. Hell, I don’t remember all the names I’ve sacked. I’m just worried about the next one.”
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Garrett has four sacks this season but has been held without one the last two weeks. Part of that has been opponents implementing a quick passing game in an attempt to neutralize Garrett. He has a solution.
“Win quicker,” Garrett said. “At end of the day, if they’re going to throw the ball quick, then we’ve got to win quick. We’ve got to put his offensive line in his lap, got to make him uncomfortable with sitting right there in the pocket, not sitting back. And eventually we’re going to start taking away those short throws, those short intermediates. So there’ll be opportunities to make plays. We’ve just got to make sure it’s there. Third-and-longs, he can’t be settling for less. So we’ve got to put him in those situations.”
Rodgers has seen just about everything in his two-plus decades in the NFL — and he doesn’t hand out praise lightly. When it comes to Garrett, though, the veteran quarterback didn’t hesitate.
“Myles is a Hall of Famer,” Rodgers said. “He might not be in yet, but that’s where he’s going. He’s one of the few players in the league, over my 21 years, that you gameplan for and you watch the film, every team has a plan.”
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The Browns head into the matchup with the Steelers at 1-4 and in desperate need of a win. Unfortunately, that hasn’t happened often for the Browns in Pittsburgh. Cleveland’s last regular-season victory in Pittsburgh came in 2003.
“Winning in general would mean a lot. Doesn’t matter where it is or who it is. Right now we need to get a win desperately, and there’s got to be a sense of urgency with everybody,” Garrett said. “Now, is there some history behind it? I’m sure but behind any win or loss you can go back and find, but we want to beat these guys and there’s definitely layers to it, but the most basic of that is we need one.”
The Browns are a 6.5-point underdog on the road for the matchup.
