{"id":746200,"date":"2026-06-19T07:22:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T07:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/746200\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T07:22:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T07:22:17","slug":"myles-garrett-shares-how-taylor-lewan-was-his-welcome-to-the-nfl-moment-bending-the-rules-during-titans-browns-game-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/746200\/","title":{"rendered":"Myles Garrett shares how Taylor Lewan was his ‘welcome to the NFL’ moment ‘bending the rules’ during Titans-Browns game in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

You won\u2019t believe what Titans legend Taylor Lewan did to the best defensive player in the league in 2017. Myles Garrett was a rookie, and Lewan welcomed him to the league in an insane way.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTennessee Titans offensive tackle Taylor Lewan (77) walks off the field after their 33-17 loss to the Indianapolis Colts at Nissan Stadium on Dec. 30, 2018. The loss knocked the Titans out of the playoffs.<\/p>\n

On a live version of the New Heights podcast with Travis and Jason Kelce, reigning DPOY Myles Garrett joined the live panel to talk life in the NFL. When asked about his \u201cwelcome to the NFL moment\u201d, he shared a crazy story about former Titans LT Taylor Lewan from 2017 that has to be heard to be beleived.<\/p>\n

Taylor Lewan did something insane to rookie Myles Garrett<\/p>\n

Former NFL lineman Andrew Whitworth joined the Kelce brothers on a panel with Garrett for this portion of their LA live show. Garrett was asked to share his \u201cwelcome to the NFL\u201d story, and here\u2019s what he went with:<\/p>\n

I wouldn\u2019t say there was like a play where somebody just whipped\u00a0my ass, but I remember I was going against Taylor Lewan. It was my first year and I knew he was\u00a0bending the rules a little bit, you know, from what I had heard.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSmart player, smart player, smart player\u201d all of the offensive players on the stage jokingly chimed in. \u201cWe call that a wiley veteran in the O-line room.\u201d<\/p>\n

Garrett continued. \u201cWe line up and it\u2019s like first and 10, and I line up tight. I know that\u00a0the run\u2019s coming, they got freaking Derrick Henry at that time. And (Lewan)\u00a0gets into a stance. He looks at me and spits right in my face.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWow.\u00a0Whoa, whoa!\u201d said everybody else in the room, correctly identifying that as a clinically insane thing to do to Myles Garrett.\u00a0\u201cWelcome right to the NFL,\u201d Garrett finished. \u201cAnd I was like, I promise next time I see you, I\u2019m a whip your ass.\u201d<\/p>\n

Garrett promised to get his lick back on Lewan, and was given that opportunity two season later in the 2019 opener. I have good news and bad news for the pass rusher in this story: he did, in fact, play even better the next time. He got two sacks and two tackles for loss in that game. The bad news is that the Titans trounced Cleveland in their own house, winning 43-13. Just another day in the life of a Myles Garrett trapped on a Cleveland Browns team.<\/p>\n

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