Myles Garrett leads the NFL with nine sacks through the Cleveland Browns’ first six games. Cleveland’s Week 8 opponent, the New England Patriots, have definitely taken notice. Garrett has made quite an impression on Patriots coach Bill Belichick.
Garrett has the defending Super Bowl champs and their legendary coach concerned.
“I’m thinking about I wish we didn’t have to play against him,” Belichick said in his conference call with reporters on Tuesday. “He’s pretty much impossible to block. They put him in a lot of different places so you don’t always know where he’s going to be. But wherever he is, you better find him and block him, or he’ll ruin the game.”
Normally, Belichick doesn’t go into great detail in his answers, but he couldn’t stop praising Garrett.
“Got great power and explosion, good get-off, very athletic, and he’s blocked, but then he doesn’t stay blocked. He comes free quickly and escapes and gets off blocks. Plays with a lot of power. He’s certainly not a finesse player. He’s a very explosive, powerful guy that is also athletic enough to do very rare things.
“He can close ground in a hurry and get off blocks with his strength, quickness and explosiveness and instincts. He’s a smart player. Finds the ball, finds it quickly. He impacts the games defensively. Better be able to handle him on any play or he can ruin a game for you.”
Garrett and the Browns take on the Patriots this Sunday in the late afternoon game, 4:25 p.m. ET in Foxborough.
