Cleveland Browns' Myles Garrett moves closer to sack record while playing through hip issue

CHICAGO (AP) — On the brink of an NFL record, Myles Garrett is a little banged up.

Garrett had 1 1/2 sacks in Cleveland's 31-3 loss at Chicago on Sunday. He's up to 21 1/2 on the year, just one shy of the single-season record with three games left.

Garrett, who turns 30 on Dec. 29, said he tweaked something in his left hip or in that area, but he downplayed the significance of the issue.

“I was feeling that for the rest of the game, but like I said, I'm just going to continue to push through because still got something to play for,” he said. “As long as there's games on the schedule, I'm going to go out there and try to win.”

Cleveland (3-11) has lost three in a row and six of seven overall. It is nearing the end of its second consecutive losing season, but Garrett thinks it's important to set the tone for the team's youngest players.

“With the young guys, showing them that it (doesn't) matter what the record is, what the score is, you've got to come out and be yourself,” he said. “It didn't happen today, but teams have come back from worse.”

Garrett recorded his first sack of day when he pulled down Caleb Williams on third-and-goal at the Cleveland 8 with about 5 1/2 minutes left in the first half. That led to a missed 35-yard field goal by Cairo Santos.

Williams became the 51st quarterback that Garrett has sacked in his nine-year career.

The 2023 AP Defensive Player of the Year joined defensive tackle Shelby Harris on a third-and-15 sack early in the fourth quarter, forcing Chicago to punt on a frigid afternoon at Soldier Field.

Garrett has at least one sack in a career-best eight consecutive games. The stretch includes a team-record five in a 32-13 loss at New England on Oct. 26.

The NFL record of 22 1/2 is shared by Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Strahan in 2001 and Pittsburgh’s TJ Watt in 2021. The NFL did not start counting sacks as an official statistic until 1982.

“It's always been in sight,” Garrett said of the record.

Garrett was selected by Cleveland with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2017 draft. The four-time All-Pro agreed to a four-year contract extension in March that included $122.8 million guaranteed with a total value of $204.8 million.

He had 14 sacks and 22 tackles for loss last season. He has 124 sacks for his career, moving into 21st place on the NFL list behind Dwight Freeney at 125 1/2.

Garrett had four sacks in the first three games this season. Then he was shut out in losses to Detroit, Pittsburgh and Minnesota.

Garrett broke out of his slump with a third-down sack of Miami’s Tua Tagovailoa in the third quarter of Cleveland’s 31-6 victory on Oct. 19.

He had 13 sacks in a span of four games from Oct. 26 to Nov. 23. The torrid stretch began with his performance against the Patriots, and it included four sacks against Baltimore and three against Las Vegas.

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Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, rear, and defensive tackle Shelby Harris (93), right, sack Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams in the second half of an NFL football game in Chicago, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Chicago Bears running back D'Andre Swift (4) is tackled by Cleveland Browns linebacker Mohamoud Diabate (43) and defensive end Myles Garrett (95) in the first half of an NFL football game in Chicago, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Chicago Bears place kicker Cairo Santos (8) kicks his field goal attempt past Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, but misses the field goal in the first half of an NFL football game in Chicago, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams, right, avoids a tackle by Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, left, in the second half of an NFL football game in Chicago, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett (95) and Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams (18) after a sack in the second half of an NFL football game in Chicago, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

TOKYO (AP) — Global shares rebounded Tuesday from their sharp declines a day before as global investors wagered that the war with Iran may not last too long.

But the gains fell far short of losses Monday, when oil prices neared $120 per barrel before falling back to about $90. U.S. shares were set to rise, with Dow futures up 0.4% at 47,970.00. S&P 500 futures rose 0.4% to 6,830.75.

Helping to assuage investors' fears, U.S. President Donald Trump told CBS News he thinks “the war is very complete, pretty much.” He also made other comments that seemed to threaten intensified action against Iran if it makes any “attempt to stop the globe’s oil supply.”

France's CAC 40 added 1.9% in early trading to 54,248.39, while Germany's DAX surged 2.4% to 23,966.97. Britain's FTSE 100 gained 1.6% to 10,410.08.

In Asia, Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 added 2.9% to finish at 54,248.39 after the government released revised economic data that showed Japan's economy grew slightly faster than initially estimated in the final quarter of last year, boosted by solid business investments.

The economy expanded at an annual pace of 1.3%. The initial estimate was a much weaker 0.2%.

“Today is the rebound, obviously positive comments from President Trump overnight, we’re starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel for the war," said Neil Newman, a managing director and head of strategy at Astris Advisory Japan.

"So volatility is going to remain with us but things are certainly looking a lot brighter today,” he said.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 gained 1.1% to 8,692.60. South Korea's Kospi jumped 5.4% to 5,532.59.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 2.2% to 25,959.90, while the Shanghai Composite index rose 0.7% to 4,123.14.

Share prices have been swinging mostly in tandem with oil prices, which have gyrated as the war has deepened.

In energy trading Tuesday, benchmark U.S. crude fell $7.56 to $87.21 a barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, dipped $7.54 to $91.42 a barrel.

There is a great deal of uncertainty about just how high oil prices will go and how long they will stay there because of disruptions to Middle East energy facilities.

If oil prices stay very high for very long, households’ budgets already stretched by high inflation could break under the pressure. Companies would see their own bills jump for fuel and to stock items on their store shelves or in their data warehouses.

Concerns have focused on the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway off Iran’s coast that a fifth of the world’s oil sails through on a typical day. Iran has threatened to set fire to ships sailing the strait.

In currency trading, the U.S. dollar edged up to 157.53 Japanese yen from 157.67 yen. The euro edged up to $1.1657 from $1.1636.

AP Videographer Ayaka McGill in Tokyo contributed.

Currency traders watch monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), right, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Currency traders work at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

U.S. President Donald Trump is seen on a screen as traders work at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Currency trader react near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), rear left, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

A currency trader passes by a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), rear center, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, rear left, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)