After being sidelined for the last two weeks after testing positive for COVID-19, Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett returns to help his team’s playoff push. But on Sunday, the Browns will be facing the 8-3 Tennessee Titans, which is led by running back Derrick Henry, who has been on a tear and leads the NFL with 1,275 rushing yards.
In the Titans’ Week 12 game against the Indianapolis Colts, Henry was nearly unstoppable, finishing with 178 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 27 carries in Tennessee’s 45-25 win against one of the league’s best defenses.
Myles Garrett, who is tied with the New Orleans Saints’ Trey Hendrickson for third in the NFL with 9.5 sacks this season despite missing Cleveland’s last two games, understands the difficult task at hand of trying to stop Henry, who led the league in rushing yards last season.
Garrett, the first overall pick in the 2017 Draft by the Browns, even mentioned the similarities between Derrick Henry and himself, and said that the important thing was not to be afraid of playing the 26-year old running back.
“He’s athletic. He’s fast and big. Just kind of like me back there taking the handoffs or trying to run you over,’' Garrett said, per Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com. “I’d like to attack him just like those guys were playing me. Do not show fear. It’s just another guy back there playing ball. No disrespect. Just as simple as that. Growing up in the yard, you did not have any fear of your friends, your cousins or whoever came down the street to play so do not show any fear now.”
Garrett hopes to help the Browns to their ninth win of their season against three losses, which will boost their hopes of ending a long playoff drought.
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