Myles Garrett is kind of a savage.
The Cleveland Browns superstar keeps close track of every quarterback he has sacked in his career.
Garrett then lets the world know about it each year on Halloween. In his front yard, Garrett puts a pseudo-graveyard with a tombstone for every QB he’s brought down.
In all, that’s 31 quarterbacks and counting.
Aaron Rodgers is not one of those.
With Rodgers now the quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers, that has a chance to change — and Garrett knows it.
Asked about Rodgers at a press conference this week, Garrett had the best response: “I think it’s a good opportunity to put him in the graveyard.”
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Assuming the pair of future Hall of Famers stays healthy, they’ll get to meet twice this season.
Rodgers is one of the better sack evaders in NFL history. As a younger QB, he was elusive. But now, he’s just wise.
Against a stud pass rusher like Garrett, Rodgers will find ways to get the football out early or use misdirection to keep Garrett off balance.
If you had to bet on it, you’d figure Garrett brings down Rodgers at least once across two meetings this season. But that’s why they play the games, to see if Garrett really can put Rodgers in his graveyard.
Garrett is slated to be in Cleveland for the foreseeable future on his four-year, $160 million record-setting extension.
Rodgers signed for just a year in Pittsburgh.
If Garrett is getting Rodgers to the ground, it’ll probably have to be this season.
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