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Kevin Seifert
In an alternate universe, cleveland browns defensive end miles garrett Would have finished the 2025 season with the most sacks in an NFL season with 23 sacks. Instead, because of a late scoring change 14 years ago, Garrett stands alone in the league record book.
Let’s take a quick step back.
in 2011, minnesota vikings Defensive end Jared Allen was on his way to the best season of his Hall of Fame career. In Week 10, the Vikings visited Lambeau Field to play green Bay Packers On “Monday Night Football”. The Packers beat the Vikings 45–7, but Allen finished the game with two sacks against the quarterback aaron rodgers,
But two days later, Allen and the Vikings heard from the NFL. Upon review, one of the sacks was reclassified as a team sack. During the game, Rodgers fumbled the ball as soon as he left the pocket. The ball fell to the ground and Rodgers fell on it to prevent the turnover. To make sure he stayed down, Alan climbed on top of him.
On-site official scorers credited Allen with a sack, but the NFL considered it a miss and thus a team sack, Allen said last year. Video Built by Vikings.
“I had 23 quarterbacks on the field that year,” Allen said. “And they took it from me.”
The record Garrett broke this season was 22.5 sacks, the first set by New York Giants‘ Michael Strahan in 2001 and later tied pittsburgh steelers, tj watt In 2021.
In the same video, Rodgers said he considered Allen to be “the all-time single-season sack leader.”
“I don’t care what the numbers say,” Rodgers continued, “because that Phantom Bulls—the sacks they took away from you will give you the record. So in my book, and probably in the books of most Vikings fans, you are the all-time single-season sack leader, my friend.”
