Myles Garrett set the NFL record with 23 sacks last season, but he won’t be satisfied until he has the career sack record as well.
Garrett said after the Browns traded him to the Rams this week that he’s friendly with Hall of Fame defensive end Bruce Smith and would love to break Smith’s NFL record of 200 career sacks.
“There’s a big goal out there, that’s 200,” Garrett said in an interview with the Rams’ YouTube channel. “I want to eclipse that, or I want to make it close. I have a good relationship with the guy who has that record, and being able to go get that one would mean a lot to myself, and to him as well.”
The 30-year-old Garrett has 125.5 sacks so far in his career. Smith had 106 sacks at the same age, so Garrett is well ahead of Smith’s pace. But Smith played until he was 40 years old, something not many players can do. So catching Smith won’t be easy for Garrett.
Garrett made clear that he’d love to be known as the greatest pass rusher of all time, but he’d love even more to win a Super Bowl.
“The GOAT talk and all that, I’m sure that will come and go along the way, but I want to win,” Garrett said. “I want to win early and often.”
Bills Clips
The Bills announced a couple of roster moves on Monday.
They have signed wide receiver Mac Dalena to their 90-man roster. Cornerback Daryl Porter was waived in a corresponding move.
Dalena signed with the Chiefs after going undrafted last year and had two catches in the preseason before getting cut in August. He spent time on the Seahawks’ practice squad and was on the Jets’ roster this offseason.
Dalena had 126 catches, 1,761 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns while at Fresno State.
Porter was also undrafted in 2025. He signed with the Bills and spent time with the Steelers before returning to Buffalo.
WIde receiver DJ Moore is in his first offseason with the Bills and adjusting to the team’s offense remains a work in progress.
The Bills acquired Moore in a trade with the Bears in March and he’s had his first chance to work with quarterback Josh Allen over the last few weeks. Their connection and Moore’s overall fit in the Buffalo offense is still coming together, but he said this week that he expects it to be in great shape down the road.
“It’s going good,” Moore said, via Katherine Fitzgerald of the Buffalo News. “I mean, it’s gonna be perfect later on, but right now it’s still growing pains.”
Allen had positive things to say this month how Moore is acclimating to life with the Bills and Moore said he’s been impressed by just how fast [Allen] can just dial it up throughout the week and pick up new things.” The Bills will be banking on that leading to a potent connection come the fall.
Veteran edge rusher Joey Bosa is one of the top players remaining on the free agent market.
The question is: Does he want to continue his career? If he does, Bosa will have options.
His brother, 49ers edge rusher Nick Bosa, seems to have doubts about how much Joey Bosa wants to play an 11th season.
“I think he’s working on his golf game right now,” Nick Bosa said Thursday, via David Bonilla of 49erswebzone.com. “So, I don’t think he’s thinking too much about football.”
The 49ers finished with an NFL-low 20 sacks last season, with Nick Bosa tearing the ACL in his right knee in Week 3. Nick Bosa is back, and Kyle Shanahan addressed whether Joey Bosa might join his brother in San Francisco this season.
“I look at our team as kind of we have our team, and anyone else that we can figure out to bring, especially someone like that, that would be awesome,” Shanahan said. “But that stuff’s not always possible.”
Joey Bosa, who turns 31 in July, has not had a double-digit sack season since 2021. The five-time Pro Bowler has only 19 across the past four seasons, including five in 2025.
The Bills signed inside linebacker Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles to a one-year deal on Wednesday, the team announced.
Flannigan-Fowles joins the team in the middle of their organized team activities.
He played for the Giants during the 2025 season, appearing in 10 games with three starts. Flannigan-Fowles spent the first five seasons of his NFL career with the 49ers.
He played 73 games with seven starts with San Francisco, registering 96 tackles, six tackles for loss, one interception and one sack.
Flannigan-Fowles entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent in 2019 out of Arizona.
In a corresponding move, Buffalo released wide receiver Max Tomczak.
The Bills are installing a new defense after this offseason’s coaching change, but one player will remain a central part of the plans in Buffalo.
Defensive tackle Ed Oliver has been a vital piece of the defense for several years and new defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard views him the same way. Leonhard plans to tweak the way that Oliver is deployed, however, and he believes it will make for even more production up front.
“I think Ed’s going to be really disruptive in this defense, the base defense being more different for him than what it’s been in the past and, in all reality, a little more freedom than he’s had in the past,” Leonhard said, via Tim Graham of TheAthletic.com.
Oliver said that he has watched how the Broncos used Zach Allen — Leonhard was on Denver’s staff the last two years — and called it “definitely exciting” to think about having the same kind of success this season. If that happens and Oliver can stay healthy after missing 14 games last season, the Bills’ defensive transition should be in good shape.
Bills tight end Dalton Kincaid has dealt with a PCL injury to his left knee for the last two seasons, but he did not have surgery to address the tear this offseason.
Kincaid said this week that doctors “advised against it” and prescribed “setting a good foundation for strength around the knee to support it” instead of having an operation. The result of going that route has been positive for Kincaid thus far.
“I’d say it’s probably the best I’ve felt in my career at this point in the year,” Kincaid said, via Tim Graham of TheAthletic.com. “Just not having those thoughts of the knee, especially last year. At this point, I feel really good. I’m not even thinking about it out there.”
Kincaid had 73 catches while appearing in every game as a rookie, but the 2023 first-rounder has only added 83 catches while missing nine games over the last two seasons.
The Bills showed faith in what the future holds for Kincaid when they exercised their option on his contract for the 2027 season. If Kincaid can stay on the field, there’s a good chance that will look like a wise decision.
Bills head coach Joe Brady said he was pleased with the attendance at the start of Organized Team Activities. But one high-profile Bills player wasn’t there: James Cook.
Cook, who led the NFL with 1,621 rushing yards, was not present for the start of OTAs. It’s unclear whether Cook plans to attend voluntary practices for the rest of the offseason, and there’s been no reason given for his absence. Missing OTAs will cost Cook his $250,000 workout bonus.
Often when star players aren’t at OTAs, that’s a sign that they’re not happy with their contracts. Cook just signed a four-year, $46 million contract nine months ago, so it would be awfully early for him to become unhappy. But last week Dolphins running back De’Von Achane signed a four-year, $64 million contract, which could have changed Cook’s assessment of whether he’s being properly paid as the NFL’s leading rusher.
With Cook not on the practice field, third-year running back Frank Gore Jr. got a lot of work at the start of OTAs. Matt Parrino of Syracuse.com reports that Gore looked explosive and decisive during the non-contact practice.
Not long ago, Bills quarterback Josh Allen was a special young NFL talent. He’s now a special not-so-young NFL talent.
Allen turns 30 today.
He has accomplished much in his first eight NFL seasons. He’s second behind Patrick Mahomes in wins before the age of 30. Mahomes has 89; Allen has 88. (Lamar Jackson, who is tied for third at 80 with Ben Roethlisberger and Peyton Manning, has a chance to pass both of them.)
Allen is also fourth in career touchdown passes by 30, with 220. Patrick Mahomes leads with 247. Dan Marino is second at 245, and Peyton Manning has 244.
Obviously, Allen lacks the thing he wants most: A Super Bowl win. Which first requires a Super Bowl appearance.
From Allen’s perspective, he has done everything he can to get there. Many regard him as the single best player in the league. And he’s still in his prime.
After eight years, Allen is approaching the point where his experience will dovetail with his skills. That will make him even more dangerous.
Still, there’s a shelf life. How many more prime years will Allen have? How many more chances will he have to get to the top of the mountain?
Seven? Eight? Nine? The years go quickly. The Bills have yet to put enough of a supporting cast around him to get to where he can take them.
In January, owner Terry Pegula resolved the talent vs. coaching debate by firing coach Sean McDermott and promoting G.M. Brandon Beane to president of football operations. Muddying that move was the promotion of offensive coordinator Joe Brady to head coach.
Regardless, the pressure keeps building. One season at a time. Allen is good enough to win Super Bowls. Is the rest of the organization doing well enough to get him there?
So far, the answer is in the results.
Receiver Keon Coleman unwittingly became a lightning rod for Bills coverage when team owner Terry Pegula mentioned him during the press conference after firing former head coach Sean McDermott in January.
Coleman himself has said that 2026 is effectively a “make or break” year for him, as he’s heading into his third season.
Fortunately for the wideout, his new head coach, Joe Brady, says he’s still a believer.
“I made sure once I got the job to let him know, he’s going to be here, he’s going to be a part of our offense,” Brady said during a press conference this week, via Maddy Glab of the team’s website. “I’m excited about him progressing in this offense and getting with Josh [Allen] and doing those things.
“I love the work ethic, love how he’s kind of been doing it right now.”
As both Brady and General Manager Brandon Beane have tried to put the proverbial toothpaste back into the tube when it comes to Coleman, the head coach just wants Coleman to focus on being his best self.
“All he can control is what he’s doing moving forward and not putting any more pressure on himself,” Brady said. “Just go out there, run the routes, do your job, block in the run game, make the touchdown blocks, do the things that he’s capable of doing. And just upholding that standard every single day, and I believe he’ll be able to do that.”
