How the Cleveland Browns keep failing superstar Myles Garrett

In the midst of a season that’s been offensively miserable for the Cleveland Browns, one defensive player has been great.

Hall of Fame-caliber great, mind you.

After Sunday’s dominant performance against the Patriots -- in which he recorded a new personal best 5.0 sacks in a single game -- Myles Garrett took another huge page in the annals of the NFL amongst history’s finest sackmasters.

The Browns superstar reached 10.0 sacks for the season after just eight games. With that total, Garrett now has eight consecutive seasons with double-digit sacks, the second-most in the NFL since sacks became an official stat in 1982.

The eight consecutive seasons with at least 10 sacks tie Garrett in second place with John Randle, who accomplished the feat from 1992 to 1999 while playing for the Vikings.

Only Reggie White, with nine straight seasons of 10+ sacks from 1985 to 1993 achieved a longer streak.

In order to truly appreciate the level of company that Garrett left behind with streaks of seven consecutive years totaling double-digit sacks, consider these names: Lawrence Taylor (1984-1990), Bruce Smith (1992-1998), DeMarcus Ware (2006-2012) and Jared Allen (2007-2013.)

All six players named here, besides Garrett -- the 2023 NFL Defensive Player of the Year -- are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. That’s exactly where Garrett is heading.

As if that weren’t enough, Garrett also surpassed White as the player with most NFL sacks (112.5 and counting) before the age of 30.

We already presented Garret’s case for Canton a few days ago, and nothing has changed since then. In any case, a 5.0 sack game -- the NFL only has 20 registered instances of 5.0+ games since 1982 -- only strengthens his arguments.