The father of defensive great Myles Garrett arrived ready to capture a piece of NFL history as his son closed in on one of the league’s most coveted records.
On Sunday against Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals, the Cleveland Browns pass rusher recorded sack No. 23, breaking the single-season sack mark previously shared by Michael Strahan and T.J. Watt.
Lawrence Garrett, Myles’ father, was spotted on the broadcast wielding an almost comically large camera lens, hoping to capture the moment himself. His son delivered.
Myles Garrett's dad, Lawrence, is camera-ready for history 📷 pic.twitter.com/8mt9BDW76l
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Myles Garrett was feeling ‘despair’ in final comments of game
Though Garrett had been confident in recent weeks that history was within reach, he admitted after the game that the final minutes were nerve-racking.
“Despair,” Garrett said of what he was feeling at the time. “I was scared as hell.”
But with just over five minutes remaining, Garrett burst off the line at top speed and Burrow went down for the record-breaking sack.
Garrett said he woke up at 7 a.m. Determined to “not let anything get in the way of history.”
“Damn, I wanted that 25, but they made it real difficult,” he added. “That’ll be the next journey.”
Myles Garrett grateful to his parents and Joe Burrow
Garrett said he has “a lot of love” for Burrow and was happy to share the moment with him. The Bengals quarterback later sent Garrett a text message, as the two didn’t cross paths after the game because Garrett was literally being carried off the field by his teammates and conducting media interviews.
Garrett was especially grateful that the milestone came with his parents watching from the stands.
“I wanted so much to bring pride to my last name,” he said. “I’m grateful they kept me on the straight and narrow, and the right path, and now we are here.”