Browns' Myles Garrett gets sack No. 23 to set NFL single-season record - ESPN

CINCINNATI — With his sack of Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow in the fourth quarter of Sunday's season finale, Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett reached 23 for the season, breaking the NFL's single-season sack record.

The takedown in the Browns' 20-18 victory pushed Garrett past the previous record of 22.5 sacks that was set by Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Strahan in 2001 and matched by Pittsburgh Steelers edge rusher T.J. Watt in 2021.

For much of the afternoon, Garrett neared bringing down Burrow. Garrett, earlier on the drive when he set the record, lined up at defensive tackle and then blitzed as an off-ball linebacker. Finally, with 5:17 left, Garrett was able to duck past left tackle Orlando Brown Jr. and corral Burrow.

As the crowd at Paycor Stadium — about 250 miles from Cleveland — erupted, Garrett raised his arms in relief, before putting his hands together and bowing while his teammates swarmed him.

It marked the 12th time Garrett had sacked Burrow in his career, breaking a tie with the Baltimore Ravens' Lamar Jackson for the most times Garrett has sacked a quarterback. Garrett also sacked Burrow last season to record his 100th career sack in Week 16 of the 2024 season.

The 2023 Defensive Player of the Year and overwhelming favorite to win the award again this season, Garrett used a torrid stretch to rewrite the history books. Entering Sunday, Garrett's 22 sacks were tied for the third-most sacks in a single season by a player since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic. Before his streak ended in the Browns' Week 17 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, Garrett had recorded at least a half-sack in nine straight games. This included a five-sack performance against the New