{"id":72513,"date":"2025-12-29T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T06:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/72513\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T06:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T06:00:11","slug":"myles-garrett-takes-jab-at-aaron-rodgers-steelers-after-not-breaking-nfl-sack-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/72513\/","title":{"rendered":"Myles Garrett takes jab at Aaron Rodgers, Steelers after not breaking NFL sack record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Myles Garrett is saying there is a reason why he didn\u2019t break the sack record on Sunday while simultaneously throwing shade at Aaron Rodgers. <\/p>\n<p>Heading into the game, the four-time All-Pro defensive end was only one sack shy of setting the NFL single-season record. With 22 sacks across 15 games, he was half a sack away from tying the all-time mark shared by Michael Strahan and Steelers\u2019 TJ Watt.<\/p>\n<p>Garrett <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/27\/sports\/myles-garrett-wants-to-take-down-aaron-rodgers-for-nfl-sack-record\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wanted to break the record by getting a big hit on Rodgers<\/a> in the backfield, however he did not get a sack in <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/28\/sports\/steelers-lose-to-browns-will-face-ravens-for-afc-north-in-week-18\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Browns\u2019 13-6 win <\/a>over the Steelers.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett speaks during a news conference after an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025, in Cleveland.  AP<\/p>\n<p>He had someone to blame for the sack-less game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, to an extent. I feel like they were more worried about keeping me away from\u00a0Aaron [Rodgers]\u00a0than getting the win, and I think that\u2019s what came back to bite him,\u201d Garrett said<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/47438289\/myles-garrett-steelers-worried-more-getting-win\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> per ESPN<\/a>. \u201cSo, they\u2019ll have to fight it out with Baltimore next week. But I\u2019m just proud of the guys for fighting and getting this one. That\u2019s the main thing. And I\u2019m always going to keep it that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers didn\u2019t leave the game unscathed, however.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Rodgers of the Pittsburgh Steelers reacts after a loss to the Cleveland Browns. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland Browns Myles Garrett (95) is blocked by Pittsburgh Steelers Dylan Cook (60) in the third quarter at Huntington Bank Field in Cleveland, Ohio on Sunday December 28, 2025. Aaron Josefczyk\/UPI\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>He was sacked twice \u2014 one each for safety Grant Delpit and defensive end Alex Wright.<\/p>\n<p>Garrett finished the game with one tackle and a quarterback hit. The record breaking moment will be pushed to a game against the Bengals in Week 18.<\/p>\n<p>With the loss to the Browns, the Steelers are set for a crucial clash against the Ravens next week, which will determine the winner of the AFC North and who will move on to the playoffs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Myles Garrett is saying there is a reason why he didn\u2019t break the sack record on Sunday while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3269,4914,16704,1418,73,75,74,1833,726],"class_list":{"0":"post-72513","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-aaron-rodgers","9":"tag-cleveland-browns","10":"tag-myles-garrett","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-pittsburgh","13":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","14":"tag-pittsburgh-news","15":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}