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The Cleveland Browns are out of the playoff picture, but they still have a chance to play spoiler and shake up the AFC North when they face the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 17. Individually, however, Myles Garrett has plenty left to chase.

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The star edge rusher sits one sack shy of the single-season record shared by Michael Strahan and T.J. Watt. If that milestone comes Sunday, it could arrive in historic fashion — potentially against 42-year-old Aaron Rodgers, a future first-ballot Pro Football Hall of Famer like Garrett himself. A sack of Rodgers in a record-breaking moment would instantly rank among the most memorable in NFL history.

Myles Garrett says record-breaking sack is coming Sunday

That scenario, of course, hinges on who starts at quarterback. Rodgers is not listed on the injury report, though he is dealing with a fractured wrist on his non-throwing hand. If he were a late scratch, Mason Rudolph would take over — a familiar and infamous matchup for Garrett.

Either way, Garrett isn’t hedging. He has guaranteed a sack on Sunday, regardless of who lines up under center, adding that there is no bad blood between him and Rudolph.

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“I don’t think there’s a lot of history between the two of us,” Garrett told reporters Friday. “But whether I get it against him or I get it against Aaron, it makes no difference to me. It gets got.”

Myles Garrett also chasing Bruce Smith’s record

Garrett is also chasing a much larger piece of NFL history. The star pass rusher, who turns 30 on Monday, believes he has a realistic shot at breaking Bruce Smith’s all-time sack record within the next five years. Smith finished his 19-year career with 200 sacks, while Garrett already has 124.5.

“At the pace I am now, I can get it in like five years,” Garrett said. “Five years is right at that time to think I’ll go and hang the cleats up. So I do think about if I can do it. And I think I’m only getting better, I think the numbers will only continue to look similar to how they are right now. So I’ll be knocking on his door pretty soon.”