Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett has been one of the most dominant defensive players in the entire NFL this season, but Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski seems to think he’s more than that – he thinks he’s the clear-cut choice for NFL Defensive Player of the Year.
During a press conference this week, Kevin Stefanski made the case that Myles Garrett was the best defensive player in the NFL this season even though he hasn’t had a sack in four straight games.
“He won’t be denied, gets the guy on the ground. . . . I think what happens with our game, we get so wrapped up in sacks, he makes a play on a crack toss late in the game that loses 6 yards,” Stefanski said according to Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com. “And if it’s a sack, people think it adds to the statistics or whatever. He’s dominant as a defensive player, so he’s the NFL Defensive Player of the Year. I don’t think it’s close, and he’s going to finish strong for this football team, but to get so wrapped up as we do as a football society when it comes to sacks, I mean just talk about the guy that affects the game, that pressures the quarterback, that plays the run, that plays with unbelievable effort. I don’t know that there’s anybody in the same realm as him.”
Garrett may not have the numbers to prove his dominance, but the very fact that opposing offenses have to scheme against him shows just how important he is to the Browns. We’ll have to see if that’s enough to earn him the Defensive Player of the Year Award.
