FOX Sports projects Myles Garrett as the NFL’s next all-time sack king after record-breaking season

Myles Garrett has become the central figure in the NFL conversation about pass-rush greatness, and FOX Sports is arguing that his trajectory points to an all-time milestone. The premise is straightforward: after a season in which the single-season sack record was broken, the league’s top pass-rusher mantle belongs to the player who most consistently turns pressure into sacks, and FOX Sports places Garrett at the top of that discussion as a long-run career target for the sack crown.

Pass rush, unlike many other positions, can be measured with a single statistic that captures both impact and role. Sacks are a direct outcome of winning matchups, and they also tend to reflect how defenses build a plan around a rusher’s skills. FOX Sports’ list framing centers on the idea that if Garrett continues to produce at an elite level, he can convert that high-end output into the career sack totals required to become the franchise and league benchmark for the position.

The logic behind the all-time sack king projection is not just that Garrett records sacks, but that his skill profile is built for repeat success. Teams do not merely “have a pass rusher,” they design pass-rush schemes and matchups to generate pressure, and quarterbacks do not react the same way to every rusher. A player who can win against multiple blockers types and create pressure from different alignments typically forces offensive game plans to adapt, which can sustain sack production over multiple seasons.

Garrett also represents a modern version of how elite pass rushers are utilized. Many teams today treat interior disruption, edge rushing, and coverage disguises as pieces of a single pressure package. In that ecosystem, a true edge rusher’s job is to create consistent opportunities, whether by generating clean rushing lanes or collapsing the pocket into improvised throws. FOX Sports’ argument ties Garrett’s value to the idea that the opportunities will keep showing up if he remains healthy enough and productive enough to anchor that package.

Still, career-record projections come with caveats. The NFL’s sack totals are affected by factors that extend beyond a player’s talent, including offensive line strength, scheme fit, snap counts, and how opponents adjust play calling when a rusher is on the field. Even elite pass rushers can see their production fluctuate when teams shift their blocking priorities, rotate personnel, or draw up countermeasures that reduce sack volume.

For fans, the story to watch is how the league’s pass-rush hierarchy holds up as the season approaches. If Garrett keeps producing at the level FOX Sports associates with future record-setting careers, he would become the clearest candidate to chase not just single-season dominance but the career accumulation required to hold the all-time standard. If other pass rushers emerge as comparable threats, the chase could broaden from a single-player narrative into a multi-year race.

In the near term, FOX Sports’ Top-10 pass rushers framing sets expectations for who should define the most important matchup trends each week, not just who has the flashiest highlight. Garrett, as presented by FOX Sports, would be the player around whom those trends converge, because the most reliable way to become the sack king is to remain the defense’s most dependable route to bringing down the quarterback.

Until the regular season confirms whether that projection matches reality, the cleanest way to judge the claim is to track whether Garrett’s pressure translates into sacks at a rate consistent with record-level career accumulation. That will reveal whether this is a credible endgame for the NFL’s pass rush record book, or an argument built mainly on an exceptional peak year.