In the fourth quarter of a Week 18 game with no playoff matchup to look forward to—a position they’ve been in 24 times since returning to the NFL in 1999—the Browns actually had something to root for. And, no, it was not a draft pick.
During the Browns’ final quarter of the final game of the 2025 season, Myles Garrett was still one sack away from breaking the official NFL single-season sack record. With just over five minutes to go, Garrett shot past Bengals tackle Orlando Brown Jr. and took down Joe Burrow for his 23rd sack of the season. Garrett was swarmed by his Browns teammates, who lifted him on their shoulders to celebrate a feat that will go down in NFL history.