Someone should probably page Myles Garrett about showing a modicum of self-awareness in defeat. On Sunday, his miserable 3-10 Cleveland Browns took a double-digit loss on the chin from the rival Pittsburgh Steelers, who look like they’re on track for a deep playoff run in the AFC. Even though they’re “rivals,” there’s clearly a massive gap between these two teams.
I mean, the Browns employ Kadarius Toney. That should say enough in itself.
In the process of the Browns getting embarrassed, there were apparently some “Cleveland sucks” chants from home Steelers fans that irked Garrett.
In his postgame press conference, Garrett was asked about those chants. He promised revenge on them and the Steelers … in 2025. Whoa, big threat there, pal! I’m sure Pittsburgh is shaking in its boots! Gasp!
Check out the sequence starting at about 1:16 below:
Look, Garrett is one of the NFL’s best defenders. He’s the reigning Defensive Player of the Year. Shoot, he might even be a future Hall of Famer at his incredible pace. He’s probably some earned measure of being able to talk like this.
Still, none of that changes that he’s on the woeful Browns, who have two winning seasons in his eight-year tenure in Cleveland. More importantly, Garrett’s Browns have just a 5-10-1 record against the Steelers since he joined the team in 2017.
That’s not as lopsided as Browns-Steelers used to be, but it’s still pretty bad. And in a year where Pittsburgh looks like a Super Bowl contender, Garrett would do well to take the gracious approach and let his play (and his team) do the talking come next season.
Because that’s all he can do now: talk trash from afar. That says everything.
