Three games into the 2023 season, the incomparable Myles Garrett looks capable of winning his first career Defensive Player of the Year Award. (And he won’t have to unleash his nasty crossover to do it.) On Sunday, amidst a one-man rampage, the Tennessee Titans showed they were tired of Garrett’s pure domination in an unconventional way.
In a game that saw Garrett amass five quarterback hits, three-and-a-half sacks, and three tackles-for-loss, the Titans just threw their hands up by the fourth quarter. In the name of trying to sustain any offense against an unblockable monster, Tennessee started shadowing Garrett with not one but two blockers.
I am not exaggerating. They literally had two people follow Garrett wherever he went across their offensive formation. But in a 20-3 affair at the time (Tennessee eventually 27-3), the effort was already too little, too late.
Oh, and they even got a delay of game penalty for this sequence:
Myles making #Titans send 2 guys chasing him back and forth pre snap lmao 🔥🔥🔥💀#DawgPound pic.twitter.com/x9V8uw43fG
— OG from CLE (@gmbuddyboy) September 24, 2023
Garrett has long been one of the NFL’s more terrifying forces off the edge. In 2023, with the Browns’ star-studded elite defense finally playing up to snuff, he’s deservedly getting more shine than ever.
This was how Twitter reacted to the Titans' plan for block Garrett
no other defensive player in the NFL gets this kind of respect thats how you know he's been the best https://t.co/l90DqdTqsk
— Quincy Carrier (@Kwen_C) September 24, 2023
this is why myles is the most valuable defensive player in the league. you have to change everything you do on offense to make sure he isn’t ruining everything 😭 https://t.co/mCKjmU3IqQ
— John (@JohnBaker129) September 24, 2023
Gotta say…NEVER seen this before! https://t.co/eCBAwo9i47
— Bill Petrello (@Petrorock44) September 24, 2023
I don’t want to hear anything about anyone other than Myles for DPOY. No one else draws this much fear from an O line https://t.co/GITXCiVQ8i
— Ty Frank (@RealTyFrank) September 24, 2023
And then the 3rd down sack on the next play. Absolute domination. Terrorizing the Titans. https://t.co/zlRm31c18Z
— Tyler Jones (@TJones_68) September 24, 2023
Myles Garrett be having fun out there 😂 https://t.co/83T4lyP4yN
— Balmain Belt Slap (@L_Rocks_Well) September 24, 2023
No wonder Schwartz was laughing. Myles Garrett isn’t human https://t.co/as1UTV0fqH
— Derek Draper (@DerekDraper33) September 24, 2023
What it would be like to have a monster like that on our defense https://t.co/LUfCMbFGns
— Mike Rotch 🍤 (@night_sknd_e) September 24, 2023
This is one of the most embarrassing things I’ve ever seen an NFL team do. https://t.co/KcdPXnmHFH
— FlameVol (@Flame_Volunteer) September 24, 2023
