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Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY December 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM

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Myles Garrett is closing in on the NFL single-season sack record like it's a quarterback in his sight line.

The Cleveland Browns defensive end has been creeping closer to league history in recent weeks, positioning himself to break one of football's most storied marks. After notching 1 ½ sacks last week against the Chicago Bears, Garrett is now one away from tying the all-time mark of 22 ½ (sacks didn't become an official stat until 1982).

That could mean that Sunday's matchup against the Buffalo Bills will serve as the stage for Garrett to surpass the existing high water mark for pass rushers.

USA TODAY Sports will have live updates on Garrett's quest to shatter the single-season sack record, so check back often for all the latest:

Will Myles Garrett set NFL sack record against Bills?

If recent history is any indication, Garrett has a good shot to at least tie the record.

The ninth-year pass rusher has had at least one sack in 10 of 14 games this season, and he hasn't been blanked since mid-October.

Though the 6-foot-5, 237-pound Josh Allen will be difficult to bring down, the reigning NFL MVP is tied for sixth in sacks taken with 33, putting him on track to set a new career high in that category. The Bills as a whole have typically fared well not surrendering quick pressures, as they rank third in ESPN's pass-block win rate statistic. But Allen will be under pressure to have a quicker trigger, given that his 2.92-second time to throw average is tied for the seventh-highest mark among all quarterbacks.

If the Bills jump out to an early lead, however, Garrett might not have many chances to set the mark later in the game. Buffalo boasts an offense that's not just the league's most run-heavy unit but also one of the most effective on the ground, ranking second in the NFL with 5 yards per carry.

“The guy’s unbelievable,” Garrett told reporters this week of Allen. “What he can do at the quarterback position, with the ball in general, there’s no one like him. So it’ll be a fun matchup. He’s the reigning MVP for a reason. So we’ll have to stop him. We’ll have to stop that running game. We’ll have to try and make him one-dimensional, but that’s a hell of a dimension to have.”

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Busy with Buffalo's playoff push, Allen said he hadn't paid any mind to the thought that he could end up on the wrong side of history on Sunday.

"No, I haven’t thought about it," Allen told reporters on Wednesday. "I do like highlight tapes, but I don’t like being part of other people’s highlight tapes.

"He’s an absolutely tremendous football player. He’s one of the greatest of all time, and yeah, he’s a force to be reckoned with, and we’ve got to be ready for everything that they can throw at us, but you have to be aware of where 95 is at at all times."

Myles Garrett has endorsement of NFL's all-time sack king

Garrett's march toward history has wowed plenty of the league's all-time greats, including Bruce Smith, the NFL's career sack leader.

“He is rare,” Smith told USA TODAY Sports' Jarrett Bell earlier in December when asked about Garrett. “It’s the way he bends. He’s got the patented move where he gets off the line of scrimmage quicker than anybody, particularly for that size, when he gets in arm’s-length reach of an offensive lineman, he bends. He ducks under the stab of the offensive lineman, and he’s still able to get leverage. It virtually makes him unblockable.”

Who holds the NFL single-season sack record?

Hall of Famer Michael Strahan first set the record in the 2001 season. He was matched by Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker T.J. Watt in the 2021 regular-season finale. While Watt had the benefit of an 18-week season, he only played in 15 games that year, missing two contests and part of another due to injury.

Myles Garrett stats, sack total -

Sacks: 21 ½

Tackles: 57

Forced fumbles: 3

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