Daily Dawg Tags: Myles Garrett picks up a rookie honor
By Thomas Moore
Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett picked up a nice rookie honor on Wednesday.
Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett may not have had the kind of rookie year he hoped for, but it was still good enough to earn a postseason honor.
Garrett, the No. 1 overall selection in the 2017 NFL Draft, was named to the Pro Football Writers of America All-Rookie Team on Tuesday.
Due to a high-ankle sprain he suffered in practice before the season opener Garrett missed the first four games of the season. He made an immediate impact in his debut in Week 5 against the New York Jets, sacking quarterback Josh McCown on his first play from scrimmage.
Garrett would miss a game in the middle of the season while in concussion protocol, but still finished the year with seven sacks in just 11 games – despite facing constant double (and sometimes triple) teams and seeing opposing offenses continually run away from him. That led the team, was second among all NFL rookies, and was the third highest sack total by a rookie in franchise history.
Even though they only spent a short time together because of injuries, Garrett and second-year defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah were productive together and gave opposing quarterbacks a look at dark times ahead when the face the Browns.
Left guard Joel Bitonio was the last Browns player to make the Pro Football Writers of America All-Rookie Team, earning a spot in 2014.
Other Browns players to make the team since 2010 were cornerback Joe Haden and safety T.J. Ward in 2010; defensive end Jabaal Sheard and defensive tackle Phil Taylor in 2011; and tackle Mitchell Schwarz and special teams player Johnson Bademosi in 2012.
Joining Garrett along the defensive line on the rookie team were Derek Barnett of the Philadelphia Eagles, Dalvin Tomlinson of the New York Giants and Carl Lawson of the Cincinnati Bengals.
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