Myles Garrett has done it all, or just about, throughout his first nine years in the NFL. He's sacked every notable quarterback in the book. Turned strip sacks into touchdowns. Blocked kicks. Recorded more sacks before the age of 30 than any player in NFL history. Won Defensive Player of the Year.

His resume is littered with records and accolades. But just when it seemed like Garrett's has had accomplished everything, he delivers a 2025 season for the ages. 

Over the Cleveland Browns' last three games, Garrett has 10 sacks alone. That includes a career and franchise record five sack performance against the New England Patriots in Week 8. Three weeks later he added a four-sack effort against Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens to bring his sack total for the season to 15. 

He's one sack shy of tying his single-season career high. He's well on pace to set a new single-season sack record. Eight more of them would do the trick – which for Garrett lately seems like child's play. 

In many respects, Garrett is in the midst of the best season of his career. Even his own teammates, who have seen him do just about everything at this point, can't deny it. 

"I believe so," four-time Pro Bowl cornerback Denzel Ward said, when asked if this is the best Garrett's ever been. "He may say otherwise, but I feel he's definitely having his most dominant career that I've seen him personally. But he's been doing this year in and year out. And the fact that he's able to, it seems like as if he's gotten better and putting up the numbers that he's putting up, it's pretty special."

The fact that Garrett has seemingly gotten better as he approaches the age of 30 – his 30th birthday is fast approaching on Dec 29 – is pretty remarkable. That age is a daunting one when it comes to building an NFL roster. Garrett is trending towards proving it's just number. 

"Yeah. Yeah. I think, honestly, I think it’s consistent every year," safety Grant Delpit said of Garrett. "The stats pop up more this year maybe, but he's been the same player since I got here, so it's not like he's doing, I don't know, he might be doing something different, I don't know. But it's been unbelievable since I've been here." 

Garrett has downplayed his torrid season at numerous points along the way. Following that five-sack effort in New England, he flat out said he would have thrown them all away for a win. 

Against Baltimore last weekend, he expressed gratitude over having the opportunity to rack up another career day, but still felt he didn't do enough to win. Naturally, Garrett didn't want to give much ground when asked directly if he felt this was his best season. 

"I don't even think about it like that," he said last week. "I feel like there's still lots of plays out there to be made. There's plays that I want back, I don't necessarily regret, but I wish I would've been more prepared for or had a different plan for. But am I playing well? Absolutely. Can I be playing better? Yeah, and I want to do that." 

Echoing those sentiments is defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz.  

“He’s got a lot more to give and super proud of him for where he is right now, but this isn’t the final story yet," Schwartz said this week. "He’s doing a really good job within the scheme and like I’ve told you guys before, I’m always most proud of the way he plays the run as opposed to how he rushes the passer. And there’s a lot to be proud of, the way he rushes the passer. But to have the production he has, with the opportunities he’s had and also with the attention that he receives, it’s fun to watch.” 

Schwartz has been one of the fiercest voices pushing Garrett for more, ever since the former first-round pick inked a market setting five-year, $160 million extension this offseason. At the time it made him the highest paid non-QB in football, following a month-long standoff with the organization where he initially demanded a trade. 

The entire ordeal was only going to make Garrett and easy target for critics if he didn't perform. He's eliminated any room for that with his performance to this point. 

Schwartz may ask for a lot, but deep down he's one of Garrett's biggest fans himself. But not only because he's a dominant football player. 

“He’s playing at a high level," the 59-year-old DC said. "Myles has always played at a high level, but I do appreciate his attitude of working hard to improve. I told that anecdote a couple weeks ago, being on the practice field and just, like, not wanting to come off and waving any sub out, which, again, is really unusual. I know you guys like to talk a lot about who gets first team reps, but in that case, that was…it’s fun to watch, but he’s still hungry. He wears it really well. He knows he’s a marked man." 

Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski is often a man of few words. He's seen Garrett up close and personal for more than two third of his career, though, so when it comes to his star player, he has plenty to say. 

Like Schwartz, it's the things that don't necessarily show up on the stat sheet that he appreciates the most. 

“Probably unfair for me to say. I’ve had a front row seat to it all," Stefanski said when asked if this was Garrett's best year yet. "I think the level at which he’s playing is impressive, but I do think there’s more there. ... Pay attention to how he plays the run, pay attention to the tackles for loss."

Sacks are the glam stat, but the less noticeable things that people aren't necessarily mentioning also tell the story of Garrett's career year. 

"I think sacks get so much attention in our NFL world, and our football world, and dully – that’s fine because they’re important," Stefanski added. "But affecting the game in a variety of ways is so important." 

Garrett has certainly done that week in and week out. And he's hardly finished. 2025 may end with Garrett sitting atop the mountain with the single-season sack crown. It may go down, statistically at least, as his most dominant season to date. 

When it's all said and done, though, it will be only one chapter of a career destined to end in Canton.