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Browns DE Myles Garrett blows sackless streak against Chargers
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Browns DE Myles Garrett blows sackless streak against Chargers

CLEVELAND — Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett entered Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers on a four-game sackless streak. It was something frustrating for the reigning Defensive Player of the Year — and something he fixed in the Week 9 game.

Prior to Sunday’s game, Garrett last had a sack in Week 4 against the Las Vegas Raiders. Over the next four games, Garrett failed to record a sack. He had other impacts on the field, including 15 quarterback hurries, putting pressure on opposing offenses and simply not being able to find the quarterback.

Garrett admitted Friday that the sackless streak was frustrating but had an impact in other ways.

“I mean, yeah, but that’s part of the game. It’s not the entirety of the position and what it’s supposed to do,” Garrett said. “Getting pressure, getting disruptions and making plays and all over the field, that has to be the mentality when the sacks aren’t there. When teams are doing everything to keep me from being on the stat sheet in this particular column, I need to populate the column in another way.

On Sunday, however, that frustration was assuaged.

In four plays, Garrett sacked Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert three times.

Garrett’s three sacks added to the Browns’ tally of six in the first half.

While the Browns defense goes after the quarterback, there were other struggles across the board in the first half of Sunday’s game against the Chargers, particularly in the secondary. At halftime, the Browns trailed Los Angeles 20-3.

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