Myles Garrett on three-sack game: It was a weight off my shoulders to get back to who I am

Myles Garrett was Myles Garrett on Sunday.

Now healthy, Garrett made three sacks and had six pressures on 27 pass rushes in the Rams' 20-13 win over Washington, according to NFL Next Gen Stats.

"Man, it was a weight off my shoulders, just getting back to who I am," Garrett said, via Sarah Barshop of ESPN. "I'm nowhere near where I want to be as far as my performance and things I know I can do and how I can move, but this is a confidence booster for sure."

Garrett tried to play through a knee injury in Week 1 and had no stats in 40 snaps. He underwent arthroscopic surgery the following week and had not played again until Sunday.

Garrett called his Week 1 performance "the worst version of myself that I put out there."

Sunday marked the ninth time Garrett has had three sacks, and the reigning Defensive Player of the Year now has 128.5 sacks in his NFL career.

The Rams traded what they traded for Garrett for him to be the closer they haven't had since Aaron Donald initially retired in the 2024 offseason. He did just that in his second game.

"I am that closer, so we don't need to look any further," Garrett said.

It was the first game Garrett and Donald played together. They were on the field at the same time for 23 plays and combined for four sacks.