"The NFL sack record is one of those hallowed figures in professional sports. Michael Strahan's 22.5 lingered for two decades not because pass rushers failed to get better, but because everything has to break just right for someone to reach it. You need volume. You need game scripts. You need offenses chasing points. When TJ Watt finally tied it in 2021, it felt like he had reached the outer limit. The record had been touched, but not broken."
"For his career, he's now averaging a sack a game. If he keeps that up over the next two weeks, he'll break the record in 16 games, the benchmark when Strahan set it. I don't even think about it as a want, Garrett said before the Browns' Week 13 game against San Francisco. I just think about something that I'm going to knock down. It's already been written in my mind."
Myles Garrett has 21.5 sacks through 14 games, placing him on pace for roughly 26 sacks this season and averaging a sack per game for his career. He could break the single-season sack record in 16 games, the same number of games when Michael Strahan set 22.5. Record seasons usually require volume, favorable game scripts, and offenses chasing points. Garrett's dominance has been sustained week-to-week despite playing on a three-win Cleveland team. Historical context includes Strahan's seven-win season aided by Brett Favre and TJ Watt's 2021 tie on a playoff-bound team. Team circumstances typically inflate sack totals, yet Cleveland rarely lead.
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