On Sunday afternoon, Cleveland Browns star defensive end Myles Garrett had one of the most dominant defensive performances of the entire season. And he’s being rewarded for it by earning a pretty impressive honor.
On Wednesday afternoon, the NFL named Cleveland Browns superstar defensive end Myles Garrett the AFC Defensive Player of the Week as a result of his absolutely dominant performance against the Indianapolis Colts in Week 7.
In the Browns’ thrilling 39-38 win over the Colts, Garrett absolutely stuffed the stat sheet for a defensive player, finishing the game with a pair of strip sacks, a blocked field goal, a pass defense, and nine total tackles.
Those plays had clear and direct impacts on the score of the game as one of the strip sacks was recovered in the end zone for a Cleveland Browns touchdown. The browns also scored a touchdown on offense following the other strip sack and a field goal following the blocked field goal.
Given his dominant showing, it’s a well-deserved honor for the Cleveland Browns star, and the NFL world had a lot to say about the announcement on social media.
NFL officially announced Myles Garrett as the AFC defensive POTW and Dustin Hopkins as the special teams POTW for the 2nd week in a row. 🙌🏼 #DawgPound pic.twitter.com/IXh2qifcgE
— MoreForYouCleveland (@MoreForYou_CLE) October 25, 2023
As he should be. He had a career type game.
— Ricky Pulley (@LilMydnight) October 25, 2023
They are the reasons the Browns had a chance. Pretty freaking cool to see
— Sir Yacht (@SirYacht_) October 25, 2023
Myles Garrett had a claim to special teams player of the week IMO. That FG block was sensational and was a key play in Browns victory. I understand why Hopkins got it and deserved it.
— NBA Follower (@Dalgby) October 25, 2023
Well deserved. Garrett and Hopkins helped win the game for the #Browms. The refs too. 😉 https://t.co/ThXVLyjxae
— Allen (@AllenIn2022) October 25, 2023
Myles Garrett has been named AFC Defensive Player of the week and Dustin Hopkins has been named AFC Special Teams Player of the week #DawgPound. pic.twitter.com/38O6f8eFAi
— Faithful Dawgs Podcast (@FDPodcastCLE) October 25, 2023
We’ll have to see if Garrett can build on this dominant performance next week.
